The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-21
POLITICS OF ALL
. KINDS At ! !. N. c. A

! % senators. The population n about one
| NTH Of that OF Providence. and they have
| % times the representation In the stats
| senate. Their population is less than one
tenth that Of the entire state. yet their
representation r. larger than that OF the
| other nins-tenths.
The entire representation In the house
| OF representatives IL y.
These 70 towns with less than one
| tenth the population OF the state have
| nearly one-third the total number of rep
| resentatives. while Providence and Paw
tuoket, with over one-hslf the state q
population. have only one more than one
| fourth the total number OF representa-
| tivoe. Providence, Pawtucket. Woon-
socket. Central Falls. Newport and War
wick. containing over two-thirds Of the
| population Of the state. are allotted two
less than a majority of the house. while
| the rest Of the state. with less than one
third OF the population. holds the ma
jorfty 30 you can readily sec that there
Is no such thing az majority rule in Rhode
Island.
GOVERNMENT FOR "BRAYroN."
My friend. Mr.. Utter. says he s proud
Of the history Of the Republican party
and wants to take II back to the time
OF Abraham Lincoln. So do ]. I'd like
to see II 60 hack to that time and take
ND the principles OF Abraham Lincoln.
He believed In a government OF the peo-
pie. by the people and for the people
Now. In this state. we have a government
OF the people, by one-tenth OF the people.
for what? "a voice from the rear shouted:
"Brayton.')
You don't have to fool all the people
some Of the time: all that is necessary Is
to fool one-tenth Of the people all the
time s l kW
THE responsibility for the blot on our
state today rests not on our governor
but on the Republican party. Human ma
ture is weak a. q rule. and men where
the temptation is so great are liable to-
fall. The temptation In this state 10
bribers and brbed II very great. and the
reason for il is our present system OF rep
resentation."
REV. r. @. WESLEY
Rev. Ernest q. wesiey's remarks were
appreciated. He said In part II want
10 say In beginning that. after listening
10 the eloquent remarks OF the last
speaker. think II were not Pro-
hibittonist I should be, o Democrat. The
only party worthy the name OF being q
party with moral ideas n the Prohibi-
tionist party. ] believe. with our Demo-
cratic friend here. IN representation by
the people and not by Mr.. Brayton. There
used to be q great many things In the
Republican party that were good. The
fact that we are q party OF moral IDEAS
IL the source Of our strength and also
the source OF our weakness. In the end
the right will always win. but now II In
our misfortune that we battle against
terribls odds; and IN standing up for
principle against appetite. we at present
have to admit our weakness. The
stomach votes against the head and
heart and that II why we shall not elect
a Prohibition governor In this state this
EYES WOULD BE OPEN.
Under a Prohibition government, the
laboring man would be 10 times better
of than he In today. As to labor.
have ideas that are radical. believe
no man should work moro than eight
hours a day nor receive less that s2
day. There In nothing new about this;
have expressed the same views many
times In the last u years. I know what