The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-15
Question For the Demo
Gratis to Settle.
IN THE CITY CONVENTION.
Pawtucket Democrats Held Two
City Conventions.
TWO ASSEMBLY TICKETS NAMED.

The Democratic city convention 10
nominate "a candidate for stnator and
twelve candidates for representative will
meet at 5 O'Clock his evening, in the
Sixth District Court room, in tho Cen
street, and, If all signs do not fail, the
meeting promises to be quite an interest
| ing one. II the program designed by
several of the local Democratic Leaders
is carried out there will be 10 sort Of q
| fusion with or endorsement of the Mo-
| BiciJal League legislative ticket. ths iden
/ prevailing that none but stalwart Demo
| Gratis should be selected as candidates.
There Is, however. 1t is understood, an
! other element which believes in endors-
| ing several of the good government"
men. and hence quits pretty row may
! 10 anticipated 1he forces captained by
! Mr.. II. Il. Comstock declare they will
/ not quietly submit TO the dictation of the
! other side, while this side sayS In 50
/ many worus, that IL has no use whatever
for Mr.. Comstock and his political meth
ods. Thus the mstter stands, and in the
meantime there is more or less fun ahead.
The Republican state convention for
the nomination OF candidates for generl
| ofllcers and the transaction OF any other
needed business, will be held in Music
Hall, this city, at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning. As already staoed the ticket
to be nominated will be for governor.
! Elisha Dyer, OF Providence; lieutenant
| governor, William Gregory of North
| Kingstown; secretary OF state, Charles u.
Bennett, of Providence; attorney gene raj,
Willard B. Tanner, OF Providence: gen
earl treasurer, Walter A. Head of Glouces-
| ter.
Mr.. Robert p Brown, as chairman OF
the Good Government committee. has is
! sued a call for a oaucus To be- held in the
office CT the Municipal League. No. 8
| Westm inster street. at O'Clock this af-
ternoon, Ito elect delegates TO conven-
| tion TO nominate ole senator and twelve
rerrsseutatives 10 represent the city OF
! Providence IN the General Assembly Of
! Rhode Island for the ensuing political
year. This came somewhat in the na-
ture OF n surprise, inasmuch as IL was
generally believed that such nominations,
| with the exception of n senator had al
ready been named but TIE matter is ex-
planned by Mr. Brown, who was seen at
the offics uf the Kendall Misunderstanding
Company this morning.
MIR. Brown said that the Municipal
Leagrs not oeipg. political party could
not make nominations, but turned over
its list 10 the Good Government party,
which teing a regularly constituted po-
litical budy could do SO, and the call was
for the purpose rf taking action upon the
ticket already submitted by the league.
| lie said that the c0nyention would prob
ably te he'd just as soon as tie delegates
were eleetsd. and the matter would thus
be disposed of without delay. MIR. Brown
thought that certain changes mighI be
made. and he favored substituting tue
name of Charles ID. Kimbsll for that CT
william l.. WhIpple. He also stated that
the nomination OF j. Edward Stuuiey for
senator would not ba endorsed.
] N IN hA fy,of 4
ticket there Is quite "a controversy In po-
lltical circles this morning, it being
claimed that unger the provisions of
chapter III, section ). of tho general laws
this party onnot lind place on the
Official Lallot, except through the medi-
um OF nomination papers. ihe law say
that no party that LAS rot pollei two
per oentun OF the vote cast at the slec-
! ton rext preceding can make Domina-
tions, anu 1t Is argued that IL tie city
cleo tion in November last, the Good
| Government party had no place on the
official ballot, and hence cannot claim
that 1t cast the required percentage o.
votes.
This is cenied by the Good Govern
ment men, and they claim that they
elected several candidat last Novern Der,
anu polled far above = tho required
percentage, and The question may nnally
! have 20 be decided by law.
Tie board Of canvass RS and registra-
tiOn has report d TO 4 ity Clerk Clark
that the number Gf qusiiiied voters v hose
nan rs appear up,n the petitions asking
that ire question OF licsns. ana o-license
| be Incorporated n the election warrant is
902, which makes loss of about 30
names from the total uuDbo on the
! lists. Inasmuch as he total vote for all
! the candidates for governor cast i'm n q
city of Providence last spring was IA,
/ 224 the mum Der OF qualified si9pers of
| these petitions must he at least l493 or
ten per centuin Of tho vote cast. Whether
enough will como in before the hour of
| midnight on March II, after which time
the Law makes further efforts inopera
| tive, IS very doubtful.
The Democrats Of the adjacent city Of
| PawtIcket laI another circus last
evening, I'm the form Of two oity conven-
! tions held by rival factions of the party.
lhe first convention WAS held under the
auspices of the city committee and only
lasted few minutes nominating the
same General Assembly t,cStt II last
year, witn one exception. Thers was
some controversy over the gu,s ion cf
cle ientials. hut the contesting del gat on :
did not enforce their uemaBds very yigo-
rously.
During some little confusion among
the riyal delegations the following as.
| SENT ~ ticket was HomiuAtsd
For senator, Nathan W. Littleneld
for representatives., William :. Me
CscRbey. Edward Duffy. Henry W. Gran
dali John jolly, Peter j. Quinn, George
l.. Little:eld. The convention then
! adjourned.
Immediately nfterward Alderman
Thomas O'krier, representing the anti
CITY commits So faction. called the n cOnd
! convention To Greer, ana mace an ad-
dress In favor Of tonesty Ia politics.
Mr.. John j. Fitzgerald made "a long
| speech Coviring the troubles of the lem
ocratic partg up 9, date sud oulpgiz log
tho so-ctlled "fsir play" marty. after
which IL wan vot 3d % appoint a commit.
tee Of three, consisting of Thomas
OBflcD, Iohn j. Fitzgerald and Danicl
r. Mullen ID nominate GsBeral As.
ssmtly ticket, and hen the sscon1 cen
vention also GdjourneI.