The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-19

be taken into consders tion where their
own affairs are concerned.
The voter must divorce municipal af-
fairs from, state ana national politics,
hut II the separation Is 10 he complete,
permanent and effective II must begin
further back We must elect our
Cnited States senator's by a direct vote
Of the people. md this will take ma
tional politics cut of tSc state lcgis-
lature and out OF local affairs.
"rh we must conhne the state leg,s-
lature "a state affairs and give orr nnu
inequalities sumclent power and oppor-
tunity % govern themselvee. Then. ane
not till then. viii they stand forth re-
generated c ntres Of happiness and ef-
rcicncy snd examples OF the success OF
true democratic government
GOV. GARvINs REMARKS.
TIE second speaker was Gov. L-c!as
L. c. Carvn. whom the president n.
tToCuce6. and neat speech as man
who tni7ks TO- himself and one whom
we admire for his Integrity and hon
estS.
Gov Garvin said Ia part We al rn-
, d,rtsaLd the condition referred to by the
speaker Of tho erc'.irs and We know IN
Rhode Island the evil of legislative inter-
fc:caco w.,h municipal affairs
Il lay be my trolring is 70 blame but
as tSc gentleman WAS speaking ! began
u ihnk of a remedy lhc same as would
.lcuid patient cone e. my osflce Ul;H
various bad symptoms As ! would 2-e-
( scribe quinne for Intermittent lever ro
we rtel yome equivalent FOR the prescAt
/ evils about us.
! r., began with nc city gorernmeat
+ ara said 4 corporation docs ne r"e1
two boards of direct lrs par'icLsarlN 1
one is .,ooG one. l1d there are thes'
/ rCans cf clectinR n ci-t council In otner
cities. Gy general t'r'tet, oy oistrlC,s
or wards or one voter allowed 20 vote for
7 a slnGr majort, as pa sImc email place.
would sugTett one r"uccal ticket W n
about Is Te~ent parties. each with ts lit
To- y city Ike Pr5v!dence. and each rotti
. could vote fc- bar on rien only The, .
/ are nov two or three parties rapresente
OF tSc Ticket but H., there would 80
ahou; /, .tferert N7rtitseoch Win iis NJ
4 ;le Constituency. Talking the 800 voting
&C." counc'lmen IN Frcr!dcnce ana ~
could elect one member and each would
represent his little Troup ~ vote-r
Such a hoard would include q few roo1
4 lawyers. an sxpsrt on questions 81 taxa
tlon. one well versed "a the police qpcs-
i ton, some expert cn nutGng mat
te-s. another on streets AID parks ana
woud he qualified 10 carry on the city
aTairs properly.
There would he more experts. more
competent men 10 take the lead in the
cities and point out the objection IN the
charter.
This IL wha, We went. but We caBno,
get Il yet The supreme court has said
the proposed changes In the charter
would be uaconstitu .ionai
We must then reform the constitution.
n IL the work OF tho city Take the
lead and no organization is better httcd
for this than this municipal league.
&r Eaton then stated that though thc
state was Republican I'm national affairs
tho c;y sometliaos asserted It's indc-
pen1enco and % was now Democratic. and
he arnoun sd aE The next speaker Hls
Honor Nayor Augustus Miller
MAYOR MILLER SPEAKS
Iavor Miller ststsd that hc had is
tened with great deal % interest 10
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