The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-16
CITY COMMITTEE
GUARDS AGAINST
D0RNEY TACTICS

A determined EFFORT will be made by the
regular Democracy 10 spike the guns or
Boss Brayton's agents. the Dorneyites'
and prevent that faction from naming SUI
pervisors who will be favorable 10 the
Brayton Republican state and city ma
chimes at the coming election.
To this end a resolution was presented
at the melting OF the city committee last
evening by Daniel A. Cotton and adopted
by vote OF IS 10 O, the Dorney men not
being in attendance as follows:
Resolved That the list OF district war
dens. clerks and supervisors 10 be pre-
sented 10 the board OF canvassers and
registration. from which the wardens'
clerks and supervisors 20 officiate at the
election 20 be held on the sixth day or
November, 1906, are 10 be selected, De
nrenared by the Democratic city commit
tee; that this committee adjourn 10 the
18th day OF October. 1906, at the same
place, at o'clock p. m, al which meet
ing each ward shall name the wardens'
clerks and supervisors desired. ana the
selection OF the same shall be determined
by the vote OF the committee
Under the law. the wardens ana clerks
are selected absolutely by the BOARD OF
canvassers and registration but lists or
superyisors may be submitted by city.
town or ward committees. and appoint
ments must follow.
Whether the board OF canvassers would
recognize the city committees list rather
than the list submitted by ward commit
tees in the wards dominated by the Dor
ney-O' Nell Moran faction, is another
question about which the boards action
for years affords many precedents for
forming an opinion
When the meeting was called TO order
in Gelb's parlors last evening. 81 OF the
g. members OF the committee were pres
ent and Col Thomas A. Donahue who
was elected chairman two weeks ago, pre-
sided. Hugh A. McCabe. acting as secre-
tary Later DR. Carroll OF the Ninth
ward arrived.
None OF the Dorneyites was in attend
ance, save two members from the Fourth
ward, who voted with the Donahue men
when the city committee was organized.
All had been invited, however.
On motion of Christopher w. q Brien,
the vote by which the roll was adopted
at the last meeting. which omitted the
holdoger delegation from the First ward
was feconsidered and new roll adopted
containing the names OF the First ward
men Copies OF this roll were ordered filed
with the board OF canvassers and with the
secretary of state.
Members of the executive committee
were then named as follows. Ward p
Thomas III. Donahue; Ward 4-Bernard j.
Barry: Ward 5--Daniel A. Cotton; Ward
6-Christopher w. O'Brien: Ward
7-Michael ]. Egan: Ward s-George #.
Troy; Ward s--Dr. Edward F. Carroll.
The election OF officers OF the committee
as formally ratified, and the committee
adjourned
The o'Neil men still claim that Col
Donahue is not the properly chosen chair
man OF the committee; and the Colt-Per-
ry machine organ says the board OF can
vassers will recognize O'Nei as chair
man because his rump convention held
q meeting after the regulars had met and
transacted their business and elected"
O'Neil, at a meeting to which none OF the
regulars, constituting a majority OF the
committee was invited. and which, there
fore, was illegal under decision OF the
board of canvassers given some time ago
and under decisions OF the state courts
Still the organ may have lied as usual,
as the board OF canvassers has as Yet Of
fcially given no public intimstion Of its
decision