The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-05
Pawucke Citizens Prepared TO Give Mayor Higgins Splendid
Plurality for Governor Tomorrow Little Doubt That the
Assembly Tcklt Of the Democracy viii Be Triumphant
Cororan Will Succeed Higgins as Chief Executive Of 1hs
Clty-Decaptasd Body Of Richard DaTks Found Beside
Railroad Tracks North Of Passenger Stalon.-Mrs. Halo.
ran Attempts to End Her Life With Razor.

Refore The News-D Democrat agsl
reaches the people of Pawtucket the Vo'
ers OF Rhode Island VIII nave ress'e,SS ss ~
their will at the ballot box. ana IN IN
question OF who will DO elected 70 "
several offices OF honor and trust IN tl
state will to all intents ana purposes nav
been settled. 49,, a,,,h. {,
the minds OF anyone as TO what the oul
come In TO be. Mayor Higgins as ~
leader OF the state Democracy ,I ana as ~, ~
man who has the strong and abldlng cor cor
1idence of great majority OF the peup, ,
Of the community, will get a tremehuou
vote here. The Republicans admit ina
his plurality will be fully 800 ana thet
are many OF his warmest admirers "a;
that his vote for governor Will sNcee'
An size the largest plurality whlcn wa
ever given 10 him for mayor, which "d'
something over 2lOO. - l., -,
However large IL will be. there Is nI
doubt that the young mayor plspsybiiea % sbe n, n,
who have admired the position WnlSh ~
has taken in this campaign, ana al
ready TO give TO him the regard ior Wy
boldness he has displayed IN ms pa'r, -,
for civic decency' against VI" e'"'
The Republicans are claiming that they
will elect their candidate for mayor ou'
1t is rather hard 10 realize on What 'i.s :
hase their claims Mr. Corcoran mas ths
confidence OF the entire Democracy, shu
even AZ he -did-pot get a single hePNpll- l
can vote. he can win with the sonu ,''p,,,s De,s,
ocracy behind him. He has mace suIons s
campsign. lie has been making nVeiy
Aent sneaking almost every evening "
large numbers OF voters, and the Demo
cratic city committee confidently peheNes
that ne is gcing TO be elected. =.
There is also the utmost coniuence M
The success of the Democratic Legislative
ticket. Headed by James l.. Jenks. IL n ~
believed that II will be the strohsSs'
ticket that was ever placed before tne
hA
voters OF the city, ana ihal every "'''
on IL will be elected.
All day yesterday there were Demo
cratic workers at the party nehuqudI tel
An the Dorrance block. They were lneIe
TO give Instructions TO the Deinoclat.s
election officials and also TO such voters
as- desired instruction in the marking oi
the ballot. Quite a good many TOOK al
vantage OF this opportunity, ana tne
rooms presented busy appearance al
Tonight the workers will rest so far as
possible to get ready for the hard Work
tomorrow. The party workers VIII oe s as
the polls as soon as they are openeu' @ @ailu
Il will be but short time alter tnas @
from that hour till the closing or the
polls. there will be no let-up In the Ell
forts to get out the voters.
OF cslrse, ii must not be supposeo tha'
the Republicans are lying idle all TINS
time, They, TOO. have their workers out
and they are doing everything 10 get ou'
the vote, but the trouble is that the he
publicans are In doubt this year as 20
who are their friends There nave peen
SO many OF the old-time Republicans VINO
have slipped their moorings mat the
marty leaders are wondering when they
urge a man TO go to the polls. whether OIL
not he will cast vote Tor tnetn 1I
be very confident OF the result Thsy say
they are going 10 elect their candidates
for mayor, and also part OF thelr lesis
lative ticket. although most OF them ad
init that the next senator from tlls city
will be James l.. jerks.
Judging from past experiences. IL VIII
not be possible 10 secure any very GER
tain idea of what the actual result VII
he in this city before well towards mid
night. and II is possible that the last re
turns may not be In before we'll towards
morning.
FRENCH REPUBLICANS.
There was a rally of tho French Repuh-
licans I'm Foresters hall on Main street
yesterday afternoon and there was very
fair attendance. The speakers included
Judge Palmer of Cranston, City Solicitor
Edward W. Bodgett. Hon. Godfrey do
Tonnancour OF Fall River. Robert a.
Kenyon. nominee for mayor. Hon J. B. 5,
Brazeau and Vinton ! Reynolds candi-
dates for Representative honors, and
others.
MEMS MEETING.
There was a large attendance at the
hall In the rooms OF the Young Men :
Christian association yesterday afternoon
at which time Rev. Charles NJ Melden,
pastor OF the Mathewson Street Method
kt church delivered a most interesting
address. His subject was The Master
pieces OF Jesus and In the course OF his
remarks he said:
Jesus Christ was a man OF great intel
lect as was proven ny His familiarity
with the scriptures and by His clear in
sight into the history OF the time In which
HE lived He was a man ~ great coGr-
age. for Il required courage for Him "a
denounce the Pharsees as hypocrites,
His courage was further demonstrated by
His cleaning OF the temple % worship OF
the men who were using II for mercenary
purposes IL was further shown that lIC
was courageous by the manner IN which
He attacked and fought vice wherever
and whenever He found a.
He made brief reference To the present
political campaign by saying. I'VE al
known that II requires courage for n mar
10 denounce wrong, or 10 denOuncc th,
person or persons who are cOuntenancing
wrong III any man Is so foolish as Co be
iieve that IL requires no courage to at
tack vice and corruption. let him. as
Methodist minister. denounco Boss Bray
ton and his methods and sec what the
consequences 10 him will be.
FOUND pEcAPITATED.
The dead body of q man named Richar'
parke was found beside the tracks Of tn
Consolidated road yesterday morning.
short distance north of the passenger sta
fion. The md was made about O'Clock
hr n is believed that the accident oc
Cured about en- hour earlier and ~ \
,o~~fhle that IA vas orraeioucd by IN,