The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-02
Time Draws Near for Primaries
and Two Flights Arc Expected.
G |. SHEpLEY WON'T RUN
Other Parties and Factions still wsrkIig
and Democrats Name Dates for Other
Conventions.


The work OF repairing for the Re
publican primaries throughout the city
tonight is going on and will continue up
to the last minutes tonight though con-
tests are expected only in the Sixth and
Seventh wards. In the former the Sixth
Ward Republican club which objects to
the great power OF the ward committee
because IL doesn't give the people a
chance to say whom they wish for the
offices. At meeting held in Mount Hope
hall on Eddy street last night some live
ly speeches by the club members were
delivered TO good crowd
One OF the speakers, Washington r.
Prescott. said In part:
When the voters so. 10 the polls on
election day and take their ballots and
are alone in the booths with no one but
God Almighty to see what they are doing
II Is then they are repudisting the Re
publican party. Why, II takes no intel
iigence TO do what you do at the eau
cuses The ward committees select the
candidates for you and you go TO the
caucuses, some member OF the orgsni-
zation hands YOU o ballot and you go
up and obediently drop II In the box. Any
dog with the usual canine intelligence
could do as much
Now. will you vote like men, or act
obedienty like dogs and monkeys, for
any OF the latter could vote the Repub-
monkey or dog could hold caucus. why
should we bother about n, anyway? The
| voters OF this ward don't propose to be
throttled and strangled any longer by
laws which the Republican machine puts
| through the legislature
The regular party has been working to
Offset the influence of the club in the
ward and tonight the ballot will tell
In the Seventh ward the fight IL q
warm one and a reform party Is causing
a stir In the ranks OF the regular Re-
publicans. E
The regular ward committee saws that
Fire Commissioner Harrington Is the
Reform movement and that he has
gathered together a lot OF disappointed
place seekers. who were unsuccessful In
getting what they desired from the ward
committee and so planned to overthrow
II.
HOW 1T BEGAN
One of the regular ticket supporters
said: The trouble began one day when
Harrington came to member Of the
ward committee and demanded as a tax
payer. what the committee was doing.
Though he was informed that nothing
had been done up TO that time he was
angry andsdecided to put the ward com
mittee out
Two OF the men he has there on the
ticket are 10 years old and he simply
wants to get some one he can tell what
to do. saw one man this morning
Robert Bailey. who is a candidate for
delegate TO the city convention and he
said he gave no authority for the use OF
his name. Mr.. Hudson OF the Harrington
ticket said he was not anxious about the
matter and had no great feeling about
the matter" The man from the straight
1 a.
! Harrington as Hanging around outside
negro political meeting and providing
beer and sandwiches for them That's
pretty thing for the head of the fre
| department to do said he.
The ward committee claims the decent
| people OF the ward are not in favor Of
this so-called reform. and then In refer
ence to Mr.. Harrington again II was ex-
| planned that he wanted power and want
cd II so bad that he did not hesitate to
throw his friends over.
t STRAIGHT TICKET.
The regular straight Republican ticket
follows:
Delegates 20 the state convention-Ar-
erick w. Hartweii, = Parade street;
pavia Tia F. F. shsrwood. % % Parade % Street
to and sty to
Franklin A.. Chase. is6 Elmwood ave
nue.; Alfred G.. Pierce 81 Parade street
Herbert f. Humes IS Wood street. Err
nest w. REGISTER. 1S Reservoir avenue
Benjamin p. Moulton. 33s Eimwood ave-
nue..
Delegates to city convention to nomi-
nate city ofYicers-walter I. Pearce, 80
| Bridgham street: William B. Hart, Jr.,
| n Holmes street; George z. Andrews. 40
! Bridgham street; Stephen j. West. ID
/ street: stephen ID. Watson, 1o< Mawney
street
Ward committee--Joseph o. Anthony. %
Greenwich street; Arthur W. Barrus, 35
Bucklin street; Frank M. Miller,
Holmes street; George c. Clinton. 1s9
Buckln street: Robert A. Chase. 80 Cha
pin avenue.
THE OTHER SIDE.
In spite OF the ward committees In
structfons and frank statements a. well.
the leaders OF the reform movement In
the Seventh ward say that their cry for
| home rule for the ward Is widely echoed
that the ward committee. 10 dominated
by the Railroad comapny interests.
The reform party also reiterates the
statement that Mr.. Anthony II a worker
in the interest Of j. William Moore. The
regular ward committee 10 taxed for