The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-09
THE CONVENTION
WAS HARMONIOUS

The convention was called to order by
General Hunter c. White. chairman OF
the Republican state central committee
at li:02. and prayer was offered by Presi-
dent Faunce OF Brown university.
General White announced that for tenn
porary chairman Hon. George II. Utter
OF Westerly had been selected. and
Charles III. Rowland and David j. White
OF Pawtucket for temporary secretaries.
Mr.. Utler without remarks called for
credentials and the roll was called and
the list was made up. The Providence
delegation was as follows:
Henry F. Llppitt, Byron s. Watson.
Henry c. Cram. James ID. Lloyd. Eugene
c. Myrick, Howard d. Wilcox. James A.
Abbott Albert j. Dronsneld, William E.
Chappell. Hobart l.. Gates. George b.
Brooks. George A. Rice, Edwin Knowles
Jr. Milton b. Brown, William Dunlap.
Thomas w. Waterman, Orrin K. Jones,
John b. Greenhalgh. Jesse +. Eddy. Jr..
John H. Higgins, Fred w. Morse. John l..
Remlnger, Thomas Dorsey. Frank T.
Pearce. John A. Moore, Henry s. Latham.
Walter X Munster, James NJ. Congdon.
John b. Partington, John ID Whipple.
| Segar s. Atwell. Felix r. Wendelschaefer,
/ Charles ID. Skinner. ]. Fred Gibson. Frank
| Il.
| yer. Harry l.. Swindells, Edward +. Rol-
lins.
After the roll of the convention had
| been called II was moved by Mr.. Tilling-
hast of Johnson that the temporary or
| ganization be made permanent and IL was
1 so voted.
| COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM.
Mr.. Holden presented a resolution that
| n committee OF seven. to consist of three
| members from Providence county ard
| one from each OF the other four counties
of the state. be appointed as COMMITTEES
on resolutions. to which all resolutions
should be referred without debate. Ths
| resolution was adopted by the conven
tion.
| The chair appointed as that committed
Frank f. Holden OF Woonsocket, Henr,
| C. Cram OF Providence. w. Howard Wal
ker OF Pawtucket. Joseph e. Fletcher o.
Bristol H. B. Kane OF Narraganrett
John Swanson OF Warwick and c. F. d
Fairweath of Newport. The committee
retired to consider the matter before IL
| Mr.. Utter then made short address
| in which he spoke of the pleasure II wa
| TO see old faces and to welcome the youn,
| men. The future OF the party could bes
be judged by the past. and he pointe'
out to the young men that they had tn
opportunity TO come TO the front and Z
|
Referring to trusts he said he had n
word Of condemnation for trusts, no wor'
Of praise for trusts. but he believed tn
policy OF the national administration wa
| proper and should be endorsed. He wa
of the opinion that the people would no
long endue any conditions that were ad
verse TO their welfare. but would ge
relief through the proper channels. III
touched on the benefits of tariff. but no
as a local issue.
CONGRESSMEN SPEAK.
Mr. Utter then introduced Hon. Me
Vile Bull of Newport. Mr. Bull empha
sized the necessity OF concerted effort [
bring. success for the party In the CON
Ing election. lie spoke OF the needs {
the First Congressional district as beln
of utmost Importance and requiring care
| full attention.
. The increase of the postal service. til
maritime expansion and other local ma
ters were touched on and he said that
he were again elected he would do a
| possible for his constituents.
Congressman Adm II. Capron followe
Mr. Bull and he said he proposed TO Civ
some advice to the young man who wa
TO succeed him as congressman The
| past six years. during which he ha
served the people. He referred 10 m
business depression which was LITE
somewhat by the election Of Presider
Then ne spoke of the special session {
congress which enacted the Dingley tai
| IN bill He then turned TO discussio
| OF the tariff and compared local issue
| with national tariff issues, and went O
10 considerable length. speaking OF hidei
| wool lumber. iron and the like and tl
| difficulty OF having all rates satisfactor
10 all people and to all localities
He wanted to do better II II were pos
sible but there was certainty ths
( there were two jobs for every man in tt
| country all due to Republican tariff. n
referred to the present coal strike an
the people interested and concerned. n
wanted to see the coal question settles
MANY people will suffer within the ne'
30 days. and II was something that r,
ouired the close and careful attention
ali He believed that had the condition
existed in Rhode Island there is autho
uy enough here TO bring about n settl
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