The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-30

held under the direction OF the Demo-
cratic State Central committee.
Mr.. Fitz CLaughlng)-Your opponents
are ahead OF you. | received "a letter a
few weeks ago engaging three or four
days this year and three or four days for
about two or three weeks next year. The
Teachers Institute comes in about the
18th or 10th.
Mr.. Granger-What month?
MIR. Fitz-Is that man spying on me2
II you want to make notes on what | am
saying you can go into the other room, l
don't want anyone spying on me.
Mr.. G~ranger-There is no one spying on
you Mr.. Fitz. This is purely a business
transaction
Mr.. Fitz U~uterruptinsD-G won't have
anyone SPY on me. | ask you IL that is the
way a gentleman does business?
Mr.. Granger On~terrupts)-Mr. Fitz
won't you hear what l have 10 say? This
young man Is with me, is my private Sec
rotary.
Mr.. Fitz-I don't consider you a gentle
man and / refuse to have any more con-
versation with you.
Mr.. Fitz Addressing Mr.. w. Toward
Walker who was presentl-Mr. Walker
this man came into my room and Is spy
ing on me. He isn't a gentleman.
Mr.. GTamger-Mr. Walker you have
known me for a great many years and as
4 MI u mas hBHtbitN " aph y N'ti'f .
should be allowed to present my side of
the case but 1 won't ask the court for n
decision.
WITHDREW THE CHARGE. =
came here 10 engage the hall for a
long time ahead, that is a year ahead.
and brought with me, as / have many
times before when I went out TO do busi-
ness, this young man, my private secre-
tsry, who attends to all my private af-
fairs and I'm whose hands ! leave all my
business when | am out of town. ] hope
Mr.. Fitz will not leave tho room but will
listen 10 what | have to say since he
wishes TO max such a charge against me.
| hope he will have the courtesy 10 listen
to me. AS / said this young man is my
private secretary and came at my request
to make notes Of tho contract. / cannot
tell whether I will be here next year. !
NAV not be living and neither may Mr..
Fitz. Every time ! came to engage the
hall my secretarw was with me as / felt
I had a right 10 have notes OF any agree
ment we might make.
I have lived in Providence all my life
and I am perfectly willing to have the
people OF Providence Judge whether / am
a gentleman or not.
Mr.. Granger 10 Mr.. Fitz-T think Mr..
Fitz since you have charged me with not
being n gentleman you should hear my
side OF the case.
Mr.. Fitz-You have made so many false
statements that | don't care To say any
thing more.
Mr.. Granger-l?
Mr.. Fitz-Well you or your party have
made them and ! don't care TO have any
thing to say about IL.
PREVENT FREE SPEECH.
The interview thus terminated. You will,
MIR. Editor. note that while Mr.. Fitz be-
gan by alleging that IL was on account of
engagements made over a year ahead by
the Republican committee that | could
not engage the hall. yet at the end has
refusal was based on the alleged fa/
statements OF either myself or other DEM
ocrats.
In view OF all the above facts, I very
confidently leave IL to the public TO judge
whether there is at the present time any
purpose 10 prevent free speech and dis
cussion of the issues OF this or any future
campaign in this city.