The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-14

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II was certainly a strenuous meeting
| and had Mr. Barr attempted TO holl the
| meeting with the crowd in the room there
would certainly have bGsn trouble and
lots Of IL, for the temper Of the gathering
] was shown TO be rather sharp on several
occasions.
! Joe Tracey, afectionately dubbed he
/ "Bin Devery" OF the Ninth, end a lot
OF his warriors were there and took n
prominent part in the doings.
CROWD WOULDN'T GO.
Admission to the hall was limited to
delegates persons claiming to be 'dele-
gates ard members OF the press, and IT
was tried to keep this rule. bat later al
| most everyone came In and soon the air
| was heavy with tobacco smoke which
! half-ohscured the groups OF politicians
| who worked away strengthening up their
| bulwarks ready for the fray.
Trouble began when at $40 Chairman
| David J. Barr requested that all outside
the membership OF the city committee le-
I tire
John O'Neil OF the Third warI lro-
tested against sending out the crowd, say
/ ing that IL was not necessary.
Another fellow said open up the meet
ing. the crowds have always been allowed
! In,
Chairman Barr said he would not call
! the meeting to- order until the outside
men were expelled.
\ delegate protested that the spectators
had all the seats and that the delegates
had to stand and were forced 10 the vail.
The crowd was very unruly. lot of chops
butting In every time Chairman Barr
made an announcement and when he
1 I g.,,s ~ N.lI of
trail station to expel the outsiders, the lat
ter made no move, saying that he was
there simply to keep the peace.
Chairman Barr said he was advised by
tho law department and by the police
authorities that outsiders had no right In
the meeting under the Caucus law.
At that there were cries OF What have
you got up you sleeves. You must have
something to spring that YOU don't want
us TO get on "a"
Several of the crowd from way back
were calling out maudlin farewells 10
Dave and urging the others TO stay in
their places. IAN open meeting Dave.
You were willing enough to leave IL there
when you were a candidate" was the bur-
den Of the cries
THE REGULARS RETIRED.
Mr.. Barr then asked everyone to retire
and announced that the delegates only
stood stiffly in their places and appar-
entity Lieutenant Nell had his instruc-
tons for requests and demands from
Chairman Barr and Mr.. Comstock at diff
ferent times during the evening did not
cause him TO change his statuesdue atti-
tude.
He listened to them with unmoved gray
ity and the Dorney crowd evidently sound
ed the note OF the situation. for they
called out 10 the police, You're only here
10 keep the peace"
Chairman Barr. finding there was little
! prospects OF being able 10 start the meet
! ing announced that he would not call the
meeting until the hall was cleared and
dismounted from the rostrum, took hts
hat and coat and left the hall. followed
by the regular Democratic faction al
| most TO a man.
Then there was a chaotic time and the
| janitor inding the hall in possession OF a
crowd which was not the one that hired
| the place OF him, asked the police 20 clear
the hall, and, according to his statement,
the lieutenant told him that he had bet
| ter be quiet
CALLED VICE CHAIRMAN
There were cries for the vice chairman
and Mr.. Kelly, a tall, slim young man.
| forced his way through the crowd and
climbed up to the little stage. where bis
Joe Tracy. with a stick. was humping
vigorously for order
In the meantime Thomas J. Dorney
} who had been I'm close consultation with
the Journals political writer. borrowed
a pad from the latter and framed up a
request that the vice chairman, who had
| already called the meeting by humping
with the stick borrowed from Tracy. call
the city committee TO order.
This request was signed by Tom Dorney
Joe Tracy and n number of others and
was read nv the vice chairman.
Edward Halton was the nominator-in-
chief for the irst meeting and he nomi-
mated John ~ Neil ~ the Third ward for
| chairman and he was elected by acclama-
! tion
II now. therefore. declare John o'Neil
chairman of the Democratic city commit
tee for the ensuing year said Vice
! Chairman Kelley
who are you9" called out a chap from
/ the rear
/ IN show you who ! am. vas the re-
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