The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-14

I the history OF the world that a corpse rose
/ up 10 speak on such an occasion.
| Il feel like the corpse in the New York
| morgue 10 whom the undertaken said.
| when a dropping OF its jaw revealed a
missing tooth and decided wealthy be-
reaved one that il was not a supposed rel
ative: II you had only kept your mouth
shut you would have had decent burial.
Two years ago / believed there were
only roses IN this beautiful state Now
/ have concluded there is a large crop Of
lemons. Two years ago the glad hand
was extended to me, with the song, Il
Want TO be a Colonel and with the
Colonels Stand This year they are sing
ing We Loved You. Yes. We Loved You,
Until You Also Ran
There seem TO be many who knew just
what the result was going TO be. The
Democrats say they got Just what they
expected. and the Republicans say they
didn't lose any moro than they expected.
II everybody Is satisfied, why should not
be? Why not make it unanimous?
But after all Is over. what then What
Is left2 That for which men have given
their tiTle-the state. man is then no
longer the candidate OF a party, but the
governor Of all ~ state Let the song
this company sing be: Thou, too, Sail
on, O Ship Of State"
or Boston responded TO the toast Notices
OF the order" He included all the mot
toes under the one term, charity; and
he spoke eloquenty ana most Interestingly
OF the purposes Of the organization and
urged fidelity 60 tho highest ideals.
When Gov. Elect Higgins was intro
duced 10 respond TO the toast. "Our Sister
Cities he received most fattering ova
ton, tho cheers Of the gathering effectu-
ally drowning the strains of the orchestra
playing 'IeTt's TO Good Old Brown" He
said:
Never have been prouder that / am a
member OF this order than | am tonight.
There Is only one thing better than that
or being member of Pawtucket lodge. a
celebrated writer has said, AS goes Paris,
so goes France. and as goes France so
goes Europe So we say here, as goes
Pawtucket. so goes the state
After listening TO the words of Gov.
Utter, which constituted one of the best
after, dinner speeches | have ever heard.
YOU may go home and say to yourselves:
Hasn't Higgins been up against an awful
proposition! Citizens of Rhode Island.
was II any boys play To get away with
the swag from such man as that?
ITO be serious, isn't that foeman
worthy OF any mans steel? We all look
to him, and say. with Sir Walter Scott:
search through tho state; OF public men,
where shall we find his nike again. Have
| not a right 10 say. as did the two old
soldiers who met after the war: Put IL
there, old man, we've been rghting for the
same thing?
The only grievance l have against him
now that the smoke has cleared and the
passions and prejudices nave been smooth
ed and softened, Is that he Is not mem
Der Of the Best People on Earth II he
had been, Il might have been all up with
Higgins"
Mr.. Higgins then referred briefly &c the
friendship between Providence and Paw
tucket lodges and hoped the great piinci-
pies OF charity, justice and brotherly love
would continue to bind the Elks of Prov
idence and Pawtucket so long as they re-
mained on earth.
All OF Mayor Higgins references to
Gov, Utter were greeted with much ap-
plause and he was continually interrupt
ed by his enthusiastic hearers.