The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-01

speakers had been provided and the great
est enthusiasm prevailed
A short street parade was made pre-
vious TO the meeting. headed by the Paw
tucket Regimental Band and composed
OF the Democratic Ward clubs. Thomas
O'Brien acted as chairman OF the meeting.
Senator Banigan was the first speaker
and scored the police commission act. the
rotten borough system and the uneqrai
representation and other short comings
or the Republican party. Not single
Republican member OF the Rhode Island
senate or house OF representatives,. who
alone are responsible for the perniclous
legislation OF the past year. has dared to
come into the open and svow themselves
for what they have done. he declared.
James III. Higgins. candidate iur
mayor. was the next speaker and added
his protest against the Republican ma
chine and the police commission act -ie
spoke very briefly.
Judge Corcoran OF Boston was next in
troduced. but as he had 10 leave very soon
after being introduced. his remarks were
very short. He spoke OF the present Siua-
tion and Illustrated the position OF the two
parties by telling two or three comic
stories.
The next speaker was Dennis j. Rol-
land. Mr.. Holland referred 10 the recent
street car strike and said that whatever
trouble arose over the matter the rail-
Continuing, he said: Now IL is a self
ev.deng proposition that corporations only
derive their powers from the state which
creates them, ard that when corpora
! ton violates its charter and the laws
! which were made 10 govern p, the people
at the instance OF the attorney general
punish II by taking it's franchise away.
| fne attorney generaT IN his speech
/ SAYS that " is well settled law that a
| corporation must be proceeded against
! crim'nally before an action can be begun
| for a forfeiture OF it's charter | must
disagree with him AS to that. But whetn-
| er II be so or not, the attorney general
begs the question. | contend that there
was no need of bringing a criminal coIn-
plant against the corporation. The M
| format ton filed by the attorney general
is quasi-penal proceeding, and as tnis
| law Is part or the charter OF the corpor-
alton, violation OF it's charter under all
| the authorities is cause for its forfei-
ture. My position I'm this respect Is up
| held In our own state"
| Dr. Garvin spoke at length, saying
I'm part:
How is II possible that a patriotic
| citizen OF average intelligence In any
town or city OF this state can cast slis
vote for Republican candidates for the
general assembly? When IL is beyond dis
| pute, known of all men, having been as
| serted over and over again by the press
| OF ale state, RepuDlcan, Independent
and Democratic. that Republican assem-
/ blymen in the most important matter:
do not exercise their own Judgment, bu
merely do as they are ordered by a cor
rupt boss how can there he any douo
I'm the mind of an intelligent man how
| he should vote?
| Whatever our party whatever ou
| nationality, are we willing In this fre'
| country to have a self-constituted bos,
| as dictator TO select our public men anc
| lord 1t over every department OF our STATE
| government?
"rt is high time to call halt: and no
/ for many years has the prospect aud Up
| portunity for success been so great as a
| the present election But in order to sue.
| ceed. in order TO effect the reforms al
| most universally demand, but one cours,
| OF procedure is open. and that Is for pa
| triotic citizens to concentrate their votes
upon Democratic candidates for the gen
( eral assembly"
| Mayor Fitzgerald was the last speaker
the rally adjourning at the close OF his
| speech.