The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-24

you don't give an answer TO each they
cannot support you for they will assume
you are against their movement.
IF you do support one or two or the
questions the friends OF the others you DO
not come out for will be against you and
you will not be bettered a great deal that
can see by stating your position.
you know pretty well that things have
10 be handled carefully at home and IL
you can satisfy your people there you will
be doing well
WHAT TO SAY.
you should reply that you will be ex-
pected TO reflect the wishes OF your con-
stituency IL elected and I'm many cases
can say that your reelection will mean
that your people have again expressed
their confidence in your ability TO carry
out their wishes and you intend 10 do
so. Say IL nice and courteously. but l
don't see that your need 10 bind your
selves 10 do everything they're asking YOU
for before election time just because
lot OF outsiders put It up to you"
Here Cen. Brayton had a lot TO say
about college professors butting in and
trying 10 tell people how TO run things,
saying:
You should have constitutional Ini-
tiative or your representation Is out OF
proportion or your school systems need
changing
There are mere men that come among
US for hire that attempt 10 dictate how
we shall run the state. They come here
start reform and are called away TO
another chair. but the call is always for
higher pay. like that which n good gany
ministers answer. There have been cases
where they have got reforms half insti-
tuted when they got the cali and left the
work half done subject 10 change when
the next batch Of reformers came in.
ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS.
We have college professors around here
that have held more chairs in the last
ten years on the college circuit than ar
NUNS circus carries around with IT,
Il see a paper has announced that the
Democrats have decided 10 run Garvin
for one office and a man named Miller
for something else. That's interesting.
But let me tell you some things about
the things they are constantly crying for.
Look at this matter OF representation
on a basis OF population that they want
for the legislature.
THE matter came up in their own con-
vention supported oy John J. Fitzgerald
and IL was turned down hard. DR.. Car
win, who is always asking for proportion
ate representation, did not refuse his
nomination at the hands OF delegates rep
Tesenting but about 80 per cent of the
state, while Fitzgerald, who had n back
ing representing over 60 per cent, was
turned down.
THE FAIREST YET.
"They are always crying for a govern
ment by the majority, but what do they
do at the national convention but put
In a two-thirds rule at the start. There
afraid OF the gang they can't trust 'em.
They asked me what thought of the
Dlan they had Voar eoualiZing the
representation. IL gave Providence Al
votes on the basis OF population. making
a Providence mans vote Al times more
powerful than n man In the country dis
tricts That's not fair. IL seems 10 me.
II told them il was the fairest scheme
they had brought before the general as
sembly, though.
II know how you fellows from the coun-
try have felt on this matter, and you
know how feel on II, too. l guess. Let
me tell you, though, you want to keep
right on thinking so, for in doing so is
your only salvation.
when l told them II you have the rep
resentation of Al In Providence you must
elect them by districts they made a
holler at ohce. That would not do at
all.
NOT BY DISTRICTS.
You can see how much sincerity there
is In their plans for home rule. They
wanted the representatives elected by the
city as a whole and not by wards and dis
-tricts-