The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-23

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nuentlai Democrats fail 20 SOC the wisdom OF
! max ing the fight wish a Republican candi-
date instead ~ putting to the front Uarvin,
tho man who has been incorporating and
irrepressiblc in his advocacy Of the radical
reform they favor and who has been oh lefty
responsible for all the victories they have
won in recent years, including the continue
| ton In Congress 81 Representative Granger,
a Democrat, from one u the two Providence
dat riots and now IA member Of the Ways
and Means Committee. IL the coalition row
under way IL asuCCrsS II will present a most
Formidable opposition to the Republicans
They have long foreseen that Rhode Island
will soon be "a Democratic state II some
means are not dev ised to split the foreign
vote. II is "A surprising and disturbing Tact
that two-thirds Of the 400 900 residents Of
the State are of foreign birth and parentage
and .wayed by "a tendency to follow the
leadership Of those who advocate any and
all kinds Of radical Legislation.
The Republican policy OF protection
has built up and preserved the industrial
prosperity Of the State-and agriculture
has long since become a lost art-but singu-
| larry enough some Of these who have profited
most by the Republican tariff are the most
active in the campaign against, those who
have maintained II. Rhode Islands only
salvation, apparently, that is, its industrial
salvation, lies in It's ability to maintain
itself in the manufacture of the finer grades
of cotton, the field for the cheaper and
coarser grades having been seized by the
South with its cheap and pro Iimity
to the source of supply. Yet all this seems
To he lost sight Of in the craze TO fight bosslsm
and corporate wealth, which, these fat
pursed manufacturer somewhat para =
doxically exclaim, must be driven from the
halls of legislation.
ALL EMINENTLY RESPECTABLE.
No fault can reasonably be found with
Col, Goddard on the score Of responsibility.
He is the very quintessence OF gentility
But it is hard for some people to see why
be, one of the very richest men in this State
Of rich men, the member of a family all Of
whom are and have been Republicans,
and who through their blood and marriage
relationship practically own the State and
have their vast a~ccumulations invested
in various industrial centres throughout
the Union, should be chosen TO lead the fight
against the money devil az represented by
such a man as George Peabody Wetmore
the alleged rubber stamp of Senator
Aldrich, ~,ooneededly the ablest man
least ever put into public life. Col.
Goddard looks ten years older than he
really is, and Of course would be in
capacitated before he could make a start
at presenting to the senate his reform
policy. His supporters are compelled to
admit this, but argue that it is his per-
s~onality and the prestige Of his name, to
say nothing of his pocketbook, on which
they expect to win
Senator Wetmore is a respectable man,
too, and a rich one, He is as much OF an
aristocrat as Goddard himself. The partic-
ular charge against him is that his money
put him into the Senate and that he does
nothing whatever there except to vote az
Senator Aldrich tells him to. 1t is known
here, however, as it IL known in Washington,
that Mr.. Wetmore, admittedly not a force
full man, attends faithfully to his committee
work, sits out the debates and looks after
the varied but not important work Of his
constituents as carefully as any other Rhode
Island Senator ever did. He answers all
letters, sends at least one document a year
to each male person in the State over 81,
puts through pension cases and runs all
necessary errands or, what is just as good
sees that somebody else runs them. But
after all is said and done Mr.. Wetmore is a
gentleman and not personally unpopular
His friends, indeed, are enthusiastic in
praise of his good qualities. The stronges,
point in the indictment against him. the
one that gets the firmest hold on the people
is that he is practically a stranger to them
He rarely visits any place in the State ex.
cept Newport and there, Of course, is al
inaccessible to ordinary persons In his cot.
tage by the sea as Col. Goddard is at Hope.
ton House in Providence and or at country
estate in Narragansett Bay.
col. CoLr IN H FIGHT.
But the fight that is now on is not to be
between Col. Goddard and Senator Wet.
more. There is another Richmond in the
field and it is he who Is feared by the advo.
Gates of both the others. This is Col
Samuel Pomeroy Colt of Bristol, presiden,
of the United States Rubber Company, with
headquarters in New York; president OF
the Industrial Trust Company, with head.
quarters in Providence, and president of
other concerns. He Is one Of the captains
of industry who has amassed a great for.
tune in the past fifteen years or 80 and who
has grown to be a dominating force in the
political, commercial and social affairs Of
the State.
Col. Colt, who was formerly Attorney.
General OF Rhode Island, is an immensely
popular man and one Of the few, who having
great wealth loves, apparently, to spend it
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