The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-15
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1906.
BRAYTONISM'S METHODS.

campaign now in progress according to its old and
familiar methods is made plain by the action taken
yesterday by the executive committee OF the Repub-
lican state central committee At that meeting it
was decided TO issue a call for session of the
state committee to be held September IS, when the
date of the conventions state and congressional,
will be fixed
1t is obvious that the conventions under this
arrangement cannot be held much, if any, earlier
than the middle of October thus allowing only
three weeks for the consideration of the fitness Of
candidates and the discussion OF issues by the
people
In this there is nothing new. 1t is part OF
Braytonism's game to discourage discussion as
much as possible, just as it is its invariable habit
to name all candidates and write all platforms
The conventions that will be held in October
will be permitted no freedom of action either in the
selection of nominees or in the enunciation of issues
That work will be done as it always mas been DONE
by Braytonsm The only function left to the CON
ventions is the perfunctory endorsement of Bray
tonism's candidates and platform.
There is no doubt of course, as 10 who will be
the candidates on the Republican state and con-
gressonal tickets. Braytonism permitted it to be
known months ago that the present state officers
had been chosen by it for denomination that it
would again present Adm b. Capron as its cand
date in the Second congressional district, and that
it would transfer its representative in the city hail.
Mayor Elisha Dyer to the congressional ticke. in
the First district.
All this, as has been said, has been a matter
of common knowledge for months but concerning
the important question OF whom it will name as the
Republican candidate for United States senator to
succeed George Peabody Wetmore, Braytonism
preserves silence at sinister and significant.
That it has secretly decided to force Senator
Wetmore out of the contest is as certain as any
thing be certain in machine politics Aldrich
Perry, Colt and Brayton have in their netherword
plottings reached decision to oust Wetmore and
put Colt in his place.
Colts ambition is to fill seat in the United
States senate; and Aldrich Perry and Braytou are
determined that, if they accomplish it, that am
bition shall be gratihed The motives that prompt
this powerful combination in behalf OF Colt and
against Wetmore are not identical, but all are
potential.
Senator Aldrich never has been satisfied with |
Wetmore as colleague chiefly because the New
port man cuts much bigger figure socially at
W ashington that he does himself Colt would lie |
entirely satisfactory the junior senator from
Rhode Island from many points of view.
Aldrich has constituted himself the guardian
and champion OF the interests of the big corpora
tions in the senate Colt is president OF the Rubber
Trust, a director in the Wooen and several other
trusts and could be implicitly relied upon to talk
right and vote right when measures affecting 'the
interests before the senate for discussion or
action. The advantages to Aldrch of such col
league obvious
Perry is Colts chief rival in the business of
bank absorption and the creation OF money mon
opoy here in Rhode Island With Colt attending
TO senatorial duties at Washington he would have
less time for planning and carrying out banking
mergers or submergers, and Perry would have the
field practically TO himself Then, too, having
aided Colt in securing senatorial seat would not
the president of the Industrial Trust company be
inclined to look with favor upon the project to
combine the Industrial and Union Trust companies
and thus bring about that banking monopoly to-
ward which both Colt and Perry have been striving
for a decade?
Brayton's interest in Colt is one OF business
only. Neither sentiment, patriotism nor fitness has
anything to do with it. But Braytonism in this
contest is playing game OF double-dealing and
duplicity. 1t is endcavorng TO deceive Wetrore
and his supporters into the belief that il is friendly
20 his denomination, when, as a matter of fact il
has issued decree OF custer against him
Why this deceit? Braytonsm deems il neces-
sary 10 its preservation II realizes that +++tst
fight for It's life. and TO make success possible even
it deems it essential 20 get the sinews OF war from
both Colt and Wetmore and 90 have the support OF
both the Colt men and the Wetmore men at thc
polls.
When the ballots have been counted and ti,en
only, will Braytonism reveal its real purpose Then