The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-11-04
GRANGER
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HOT SHOT

Al the Democratic rally in Canonicus
hall in the First Ward last night Con-
gresham D. l.. d. Granger was the prin-
! cipai orator and called attention TO the
attacks on. Elisha Dyer, the present Re-
| publican candidate for mayor, published
! by the Journal when Mr.. Dyer was gov
! ernor. The grafteTs were also scored and
| Philadelphia associates OF Marsden j.
Perry OF the Rhode Island company were
spoken OF as the men who were held up
| for punishment because OF actions In
! Philadelphia.
Congressman ID. l.. II. Grangers re-
marks referring to the Journals article
attacking Elisha Dyer are I'm part as fol-
! lows: What did the Providence Journal
say about Elisha Dyer when he was gov
ernor? The greater part OF II was not true
| Tor have talked with GOV. Dyer about IL
| and have his word that IL was not true,
! but IL seems TO me that the people OF
| Providence have the right to ask the
| Providence Journal To either take back
| the slurs. the insinuations, and libels that
| they published about Elisha Dyer when
| he was governor or else say that he is
not now hit to be mayor of Providence.
Either they lied about him then or they
are lieing about him now. Some OF you
! Will remember the two column article
! about Gov. Dyer's accounts with the fed
| eral government Look IL up and see for
| yourself, IL Is mighty interesting reading
] did not say that any OF the Office
| holders OF the city OF Providence or Of
the state Of Rhode Island were Jail
| birds" What | said was this: That
thief in Philadelphia. when he comes 10
Providence TO take part i'm similar opera
/ tions is a THIEF here and that a man who
| is worthy OF being sent to prison because
\ he has stolen from the city OF Philadel-
! phia what belonged 10 the people, the
! franchises OF the people, and gives only
/ n nominal consideration for these rights is
az much Of a thief as the man who breaks
| into n house and steals n watch lying on
| a table and should be punished for what
/ he has done in Providence as much as
/ for what he has done In Philadelphia.
| l also asked why the Providence Jour
! nal, referring 10 the article which APP
! peared In that paper I'm regard 10 the
| ineauity OF the Gas Crowd and their at
! tempt 10 overthrow Mayor Weaver. does
| not assist in Furnishing those same men
! for what they have done here in Proyi-
dence
PARTNERS WITH MR.. PERRY.
There are a great many people who
don't realize the connection there is be-
tween this crowd In Philadelphia and the
| Rhode Island company. IL you will look
back few months you will find in the
| New York papers the pictures OF the
men who were held up as those who
should be prosecuted because they had
stolen from the citizens OF Philadelphia.
| They are the same men who are In part
nership with Marsden j. Perry and who
are running the Republican party IN this
state I defy the Providence Journal or
| Marsden j. Perry 10 deny that state
! ment.
The thieves that Mayor Weaver has
! been lighting In Philadelphia are the Of
| fcers Of the Gas Improvement company.
| Thomas Dolan is the president. Walton
| Clark. Lewis Lille and Randall Morgan
| are vice presidents and Lewis Lille Il
the treasurer. Turning to the directors OF
| the Rhode Island company the company
| that controls the state OF Rhode Island
In Its legislative and the city OF Provi-
dence in It's city council and tho machine
OF the Republican party, you find Thomas
| Dolan, Walton Clark, Lewis Lille and
Randall Morgan, the same men who have
brought upon themselves the Indignation
| of the citizens OF Philadelphia. the same
men who have been mobbed at their
| houses by indignant citizens, are the men
| who have been brought here to Provi-
dence and taken into partnership with
| Marsden j. Perry, Samuel p Colt, Mol
| son w. Aldrich and William @. Rocker.
/ said the other day that the Provi-
| Gence Journal was hypocritical and l re-
| peat Il. / assert that IL the Providence
| Journal in its editorial columns calls upon
Mayor Weaver to continue his good work
OF prosecuting Dolan, Clark. Lille and
Morgan. IL it was honest IL would call on
| the attorney general OF this state and
| the mayor OF Providence TO prosecute
| these same men with their associates I'm
| Rhode Island.
| Clarence A. Adrch spoke briefly, refer
| ring TO the citys need OF sef-govern-
ment, and pledging himself. III elected.
never 10 rest until he had brought back
to the city that which the state had taken
away"
Edwin G. Pierce dealt entirely with the
| constitutional amendment matter, char
| acterizing II as n trap and trick" IL
| adopted he said, II sealed forever for evil
| the fate OF this state. II was hatched by
| the Rhode Island company and for tho
pure and simple purpose OF getting Sc
curer hold on the state and keeping IL.
Hon Rathbone Gardner also spoke,
chiefly on the proposed amendment, going
into a detailed explanation OF It's iniqui-
| ties. Mr.. Gardner also told the audience
| about the Rhode Island company buy
| ing the state for ee9 years"
| Next 10 Mr.. Gardner came Mr.. Thurs
| ton, and the last speaker OF the evening
was John J. Fitzgerald, who aroused a
| lot of enthusiasm by dealing with the
issues OF this campaign in his own vigor-
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