The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-04

dence OF home rule against the express
wishes OF its people.
You are here acting out the wishes
merely of the political writer OF he Provi-
dence Journal. You are carrying out his
dictation. win you ignore the express
wishes of the people of the state In tho
election OF Governor Garvfn which was
protest against the manipulation or the
machine. and against the tendency which
is manifested by II. and go on headlong
into the hands OF the r. l. Merger COM
pany. and into the hanas of this gambling
syndicate with which the honest preS~
OF Rhode Island is allied.
Now, Mr.. President. would II not be
well for mis- senate 70 enenss a s, i.s touss tSs
voice OF the chief executive or the state.
who. II may be fairly presumed. has In
vestigated this matter and who mas
Providence police commission. which
cannot but be acceptable from the high
est considerations? Are you going 10
automatoms OF the Providence Journal
and It's political writer7 Are you going
to ignore your duties TO the slater Are
you going TO sit there IKE good, easy
is ripening.> until you find that you are
entangled in the meshes OF the poliucai
writer OF the Providence journal. until
tees OF an express trust-unul you ma
that you have parted with the power
which was entrusted TO you by the peo-
pie OF this state and you have permitted
II ito be exercised by the political writer
Of the Providence Journal. and you have
become so accustomed TO IL that you turn
a deaf ear TO the voice or protest. ana
You permit TO go unpunished crime-crlme
OF the most fragrant character
POLICE DEPARTMENT CORRUPT.
I say again Providence Is honeycombed
with graft. Its police department. isIcor-
rupt. Every form OF vice and crime
hourishes in that city under the license,
under the hush money received oy the
police department, received by those per
sons that are supposed to have the innu-
ence OF the honest press Would you
be surprised II told you that oonser-
vative estimate OF the income from these
various forms of gambling Is soo.OD
months. $4,000 year, which changes
hands by reason OF these various forms
| Of graft which thrive and flourish un-
| der the police commission or the city OF
Providence, and this 100000. more than
! half "A million, is directed in various ways
| press. to thwart the power of the police:
| Does Commissioners Luther know itE L
don't know.
! CANNOT PLEAD IGNORANCE
He may not know IT, ] am not will
| ing 10 absolve him from the knowledge,
and / am not willing to absolve him
from the fault of not knowing 1t. lie
cannot honestly hold position OF such
! power ana inUuenco anu piedu iBHoAohS
of crime which is fiourLshing on West
minister street and the highways and by
ways connected Herewith in the city OF
| Providence Does Commissioner Sims
| know II? do not know. These men may
! be ignorant OF II. Perhaps that Is the
reason why they are eligible to those
positions. because they listen TO the po-
litical writer OF the Providence Journal
While the people OF Providence are cry
ing for justice, while the mothers and
widows are asking that their sons may
not be debauched by the gambling in
stitutions OF the city OF Providence which
are allowed TO thrive and flourish under
| this so-called police commission which
has been praised. and praised. and
praised I'm the columns of the Providence
Journal until the people are sick and dis
gusted with It.
Tho newspaper is a potent power for
good. Ii Is O sagacfous molder OF pub
lie opinion Ii has an influence greater
than any individual, and it's influence Is
constantly broadening; but gentlemen
we have a press In Providence that L
venal. The proprietor OF the Providence
Journal is never in the city of Provi
dence. His work Is left to others TO do
and those people. from day 10 day
, falsify the news, falsify the proceeding
: OF this Legislature, create n false i'm
, preston in the minds OF the people o
this state by their reports and lfll tn,
, better element OF the community to res
by the assurance OF the political write
that. when the morals OF the communit,
are threatened. he. as the Representative
, OF the honest press" will sound the not
! Of warning and the cali OF honor.