The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-08


places OF business and address In Provi-
dence Don't worry about the great
wealth OF Providence IL Is amply pro-
tected You have your able lawyers your
learned attorneys and your influential
lobby, as you should.
A LEGAL POINT.
There Is a legal provision in this state
that soldiers or sailors on duty IN Rhode
Island shall not acquire residence IN
the state. The soldiers az the forts AT
Newport were enumerated but no enum-
orator was instructed 10 include the SOL
diers at Fort Mansfield.
ION a short street IN Westerly Is per-
sons were omitted by the census enum-
orators. There were others who were
omitted in Westerly. No one was satls,
fed with the enumeration IN the third
district at Westerly.
'The census bureau, which included the
governor and secretary OF state, were not
satisfied with the effectiveness or the
enumera tor. they had right 10 remove
him, but they did not see nt TO do So
They asked another man to take the GEN.
sus over again and he refused TO do so
because the pay was not enough. That
census, with which no one was satisfied.
was never retaken. Why was IL not taken
over again?
NOT BOUND BY CENSUS.
THE head OF the census bureau said he
was not satisfied with the returns from
that district. You are not bound by this
census. Rhode Island is a small state,
but the magnitude Of states and stars
Is not estimated by their size but by
their lustre. In this sense Rhode Island
Is a great state.
There are six towns which combined
have not the population OF Westerly. yet
they have six representatives. il is just
Al good to shut off one-haf the repre-
sentation OF the towns 20 double the
representation of Providence. Do you see
the Hebrew on the wall?
Let me venture a prophesy. In a few
years they will want 20 consolidate and
will do so, towns In Bristol county, In
Kent county and in Bristol county, and
divide and multiply the towns adjoining
Providence. You will have TO answer TO
your constituents, | will not They will
ask you it you. not me. have betrayed
your constituents.
''By this act the constitution IL abroga
ted, annulled and dehed. We presented as
a fact that the people in the prison at
Cranston are not entitled to be counted as
residents OF Cranston. They are counted
elsewhere and have no right 10 double
representation"
MR. PALMERs REPLY.
Mr.. Palmer 1T seems some OF the
statements made by Mr.. Crafts require
reply. The last reapportionment was made
when Narrsgansett Pier was taken from
Newport. The next one, II we are success
| full, will be TO take one from Westerly ano
I give IL To the town OF Cranston.
THE village OF Westerly has been
| tucked away in the valley OF the Pawca-
| tuck and sleeping. while Cranston has
| been growing in population by offering
Inducements 10 people 10 come there. We
have some inhabitants we do not desire.
! but you send them there and we have to
have them.
I'm regard TO the failure 10 count the
soldiers at Fort Mansfield. they were a
part OF the Newport garrison and could
not be counted in both places. They were
detailed there by the government. There
is one thing I want to take the gentleman
from Westerly 10 task for. He intimated
that my colleague from Cranston and my
self were In collusion with the commits
sioner OF industrial statistics. / want to
refute that imputation.
THE gentleman from Westerly has men,
toned the money expended on state In
stitutions at Cranston. II he wants that
money credited TO Westerly he can have
II IL he will take those institutions 10 the
town OF Westerly. They are blot on the
town OF Cranston.
"The gentleman from Westerly is like,
in some respects. the people who arc con-
fined in the state institutions against
their wills. He is surrounded by a solid
wall of facts through which he cannot
break. He Is held back by the lock of the
constitution which cannot be broken.
"Mr. Crafts has referred 10 money spent
on highways in the town OF Crsnston
when no other town in the state could
get It. That IL eulogy on the ability
OF the men from Cranston. II does not
look well for, the gentleman to go back
to constituents and tell them the repre-
sentatlves from Cranston got something
for their town which he could not get for
his | would like to ask the gentleman
IL he knows what those roads were that
Cranston got the money for"
Mr. Crafts--"May l answer the dues-
tIon?"
Mr. Palmer-"I yield the floor"
MIR. CRAFTS REToRT
Mr. Crafts-"That was a special appro-
priation for Cranston In which the rest OF
tho state did not participate. IT was one
for the roads going to state institutions.
Mr. Palmer--''That Is II exactly. IL
was TO keep in repair roads which are
used about exclusively by the state in
stitutions. but the expense OF the main
tenance OF which Is paid by the town
Of Cranston"
Mr. Palmer said that Westerly. even
n C,rnnston was not entitled 10 the repre-
sentative for which she was hghtng.
was entitled 10 put one representative
Cranston, he said, wanted only that TO
which Il was entitled and that ~ did
want.
STILL FIGHTS ON
Mr. Crafts replied that the argument of
Mr.. Palmer had not shown. that Wester-
ly lacked moro than $50 OF the required
number and even n this was the case he
could see no reason for taking repre-
sentative from Westerly ss there were at
present three trolley lines running into
the town and two more were about TO be
constructed. In less than "A year she would
have more than enough 20 make up the
deficiency and would have no remedy. n
a representative were taken away until
next census year. then being for four
years deprived OF representative 10
which all was entitled.
Mr.. Cadin also spoke relative 20 the
act. saying that Mr.. crafts had voiced
his sentiments very ably. lie said he had
not known OF any census report being
made TO the house