The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-23
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wealth. Tho democrats aud independents
have mn,r uu effort 49, orrun together
with u common purT"H" Ih'v am 70
trnvcnt. the reelection ut Snnitur Wetmure,
not bccause thcy believe him Ia BE- especially
corrupt. hu' hectu-s' hr b. regarded ~ IN"
rubber stomp" ~ hia cplleo que, who has
been rccklr--ly and poSihly unfairly
charged With being, q wall street senator
and the especial servant 81 tho Standard
Oil Company.
4 srRASuEH uS rHE STATE,
The other charges against Mr.. Wetmore.
and possibly they are all true, IL that ho IL
rich. 10y inheritance, a strlngrr'to the state.
living In Washington. Europe and New York
throughout the year except for an occa-
sional few months in Newport, and lntellec-
tiially incapable Of properly representing
the State in such "A distinguished body.
Brayton IL 10 be- broken for the same rcl-
con tina has kept him on the anti-machine
black list for many years-his absolute con
troll of the country members Of the General
Assembly by reason Of his relationship to
the Republican organization, at the head OF
which Senator Aldrich actually but not
actively stands.
The man who has been chosen 70 give
battle to the Republican machine, under the
banner of the independents, Is Col. Robert
Hale Ives Goddard, a fine old aristocrat OF
seventy, who has been all his lie a Repub-
lican, and whose wealth, actual. prospective
and collateral, Is in excess, probably, OF that
of Aldrich and Wetmore combined. Onlyonce
In his long and honorable career has this COM
mendable type Of the old school gentleman
broken away from his Republican, moorings,
and that was when he was elected TO the
General Assembly in 1897 as an Independent.
Much of his wealth was derived from the
business Of cotton manufacture. in which
he is heavily engaged and which has been
encouraged and fostered by the protective
tariff. 1t was necessary, OF course, If trea-
son were to be uprooted in its stronghold
and corruption eliminated ftom the body
polite, to have an irreproachnble candidate,
and as there il none such available among
the Rhode Island Democrats OF prominence
the nomination of a Republican was inevi-
able. A simon pure independent nigh
have been chosen but for the jealousy of the
Democratic allies, who would not listen to
the naming Of the only independent fitted
for the honor. EX-Gov. Lucsls F. c.. Gar
vim, the man who carried the Democratic
banner to victory more than once and who
Is the only man who has ever accomplished
anything for the opposition party in the
State, and who will probably be chief exec
utive again, was passed by. 1t was of para
mount Importance il the gerteel element
was to be angled for to have IA gentleman"
by which is meant in this case, apparently,
q resident of the East Side, and because
moreover of the evident necessity of having
amapD capable of paying and willing to pay
the bills for the Legitimate" 'expense s Of
the reform campaign.
FIRST MODERN PRIMARY.
As a second step in the campaign, the
Observation-Disclosures party arranged to
have Col. Goddard elected in advance of
the meeting of the General Assembly under
a modernized primary election plan never
before operated in this section OF the coun-
try. He has been regularly nominated at a
convention called for the sole purpose of
naming a candidate for United States Sena-
tor, has verbally notified the committee
who formally>waited upon hin that he will
accept, and his regular letter of acceptance
is expected to come along in a day or two.
The second step in the programme will
be to nominate lot teTleTdl ASSeTnDlymen
on the Democrat c and Independent tickets
only such persons aS will pledge themselves
in advance to vote for Col. Goddard for
Senator. In this way he will stand before
the people from now until election day in
November as a candidate and will be the
storm centre if not the guiding spirit ofthe
campaign against money and bosses which
1t Is predicted will stir the State az it has
never been stirred before,
Col. Goddarn's platform, 1t is understood,
will be what it was in 1897. opposition to
boss rule as exemplifed in Brayton, working
under the orders of his masters, with the
more modern and therefore more fashion
able cry Of Down with the money power.
1t is said, moreover, on fairly good au-
thority, that Col. Goddard also has low
tariff views, the force and wisdom of which
nave lately become more than ever deeply
impressed upon his mind and conscience.
In referring to the oft-told tale that the
votes of Rhode Islanders are always for sale
the old gentlemen, who Is showing a mos
surprising degree Of vigor and activity il
these languid spring days for one of bis
years and customary mental and physical
repose. declares, whatever it may mean,