The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-30


so reticent.
IL hold In my hand the modest hand
bill which he has issued. giving a picture
OF himself shaking out from a cornuco-
pia innumerable sugar plums. Some Of
them are quite familiar and II may be a
surprise to other public men who thought
fondly that they had had something to do
with them. TO nnd that they had come
from Mr.. Bulls cornucopia.
MY friend. John Kendrick, for In
stance, imagines that he and his commit
tee OF the city council of this city had
something TO do with getting a new post
office for Providence. All I will say about
that however, is that Mr.. Bull has been
niemebr OF congress since 1885, and II
he has had the new postoffice for Prov
idence UP his cornucopia all that time and
has not shaken II down until this year he
doesn't deserve much gratitude from the
voters OF Providence on that account.
THE modesty which claims for one
man the entire credit for the war college.
the Torpedo Station the Newport Train
ing station and Fort Greble and leaves
out OF account the fact that naval Off
GERS consider that Newport is the best
place In which various governmental In
stitutions ought TO be placed must be
patent to everyone. But IL is not only by
the hand bill that Mr.. Bull brings TO the
attention OF his constituents his services.
full is the public, he has sent among them
a typewriter letter which should in
deed awaken sympathy In the coldest
breast. Let me quote from IT.
ASKS SUPPORT
Dear Sir-I find your name upon my
list of correspondence. for whom II was
my pleasure as well as my duty and pri-
yilege TO render in some degree a service
In my capacity as representative In con-
gress from the First district OF Rhode
Island. and 1 deem 1t not amiss to call
your attention TO my candidacy for the
suffrages of the people to again present
them in congress and to ask your support
But not finding from Mr.. Bulls ad-
dresses any light upon his position upon
any of the burning questions of the day,
/ wrote TO bureau In Washington, who
undertake to answer Inquiries as to what
position public men have taken upon pub
lie measures. l asked for Mr.. Bulls po-
sition upon the tariff and upon trusts.
but unfortunately / met with but little
light here.
HThe report stated that. In view of the
fact. as developed by a careful examina-
ton OF the Congressional Record, that
Mr.. Bull delivered not single speech and
participated In no colloquies or debates
upon the floor OF the house In relation TO
either OF the important national issues In
quired about and what little he did say
on less important topics contained not the
slightest reference thereto. we are obliged
to fall back upon his actual votes.
And here, we find that he voted for the
Dingley tariff bill, for the Porto Rico
tariff bill and against taking off the dif-
ferential on refined sugar. the one meas
ure which passed the last house giving
any relief TO the -~onle in the matter or
the tariff. and that he was against. I
am glad to say. for I wish to give him
every credit, that he voted for the Cuban
reciprocity bill.
ed Mr.. Bulls record for his whole career;
indeed II was offered me on special
terms MY washnfton correspondent
SAYS III you wish Il, we can get up for Tor
service In congress for SIS. The price Is
generally $40 congress. but as Mr.. Bull
seems to have played so unimportant a
the price SIS for the whole time that Is,
the four congresses
But 1t really did not seem to me worth
while. Mr.. Bull has seen fit to bring 10
the attention OF the voters that burning
question. OF free silver. and he fears for
my passiitl9n ,I Upon IL Gentlemen s1 am
known In Providence. II not In Newport
| am and always have been gold Dem
oerat, and even when the Republican
crying the Democratic party as the gold
party, I could not be otherwise.
Gentlemen. II ! am elected to congress
l will try 10 do my duty h." every con-
stituent. by the state and by the district.
but the distribution OF sugar plups will
not, ] can assure you. occuny my time
for either discussion or action upon ma
tional matters"
MR.. MILLER SPEAKS BRIEFLY.
Mr. Augustus s. Miller was the next
speaker and spoke as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Fellow Democrats,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
II thank you for your kind reception
and wish to say that the address of our
mayor Is one OF the best | have ever
heard. The previous speakers have
pretty well covered the ground I'm general
and l suppose II Is left for me to speak
OF municipal affairs.
You heard from Mr.. Gargan about
New England town meetings, how they
have become celebrated throughout the
world as the ideals OF self-government,
where all OF the people could Join in the
selection of those whom they choose to
govern. Our cities are the outcome OF
the growth OF these town meetings and
we still desire TO have as much to say
In the election OF our officials.
Here In the city of Providence we have
many important departments, the heads
or commissioners OF which have been
elected by the city council or else APP
pointed by the mayor with the approval
OF the council IL was left for The Re-
publican ring. as Governor Garvin has
just said, to take away from the city OF
Providence the right TO say who should
appoint our police commissioners, about
the selection OF which you have nothing
10 say.
Neither do you have anything 20 say
as 10 the expenditure by this commits
sion OF the large sums OF money which
the Republican ring. by Its act. had di-
rected the city treasurer TO pay over TO
them The Republican candidate for
mayor has said that he thoroughly APP
proves OF the methods OF appointing the
poIice commission. lie was a member OF
the general assembly and he was In the
ring.
The Republican machine says that the
creation Of the police commission was
great work. and this year they have put