The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-01
REGISTRATION SATISFACTORY.

The registration figures are satisfactory. This
city, Pawtucket Lincoln, Central Falls, Cumber-
land, Burriville the Democratic strongholds,
and the number of Democrats who have registered
in these places has been remarkably large. There
has been splendid work done by the Democratic
registration committee and where ward committees
have been negligent in doing their duty towards
registration volunteers have forward and
done very effective service.
1t will soon be possible to more closely analyze
the registry vote in this city, but there is some
doubt if the effective work done here will be fully
realized until election day. In Providence the
record registration not reached, but this was
due to the fact that the Republicans did not do
anywhere near the amount of work done in pre-
vious years. Men in shops and business places who
have aided the Democrats in registration work
say that the Republicans have made little or no
efforts to get their men to register and that there
was remarkable indifference shown by men hth-
erto very devoted to the party
The figures in Pawtucket are very encourag-
ing, as the Democrats there have been busy for
many weeks and it not hard to arouse enthus-
asm in this cause. 1t would as if the Demo
Gratis of Woonsocket had determined 10 send
broken delegation to the state house next year.
1t may not be improper here to call attention
to the fact that the prospects for big registration
last year very poor until Col Goddard gave
his consent to be candidate for United States
senator That the registration this year exceeds
that of last year. the fact that it about equals
city believe in his candidacy and that the effect of
the factiona fight in the last legislature will be to
SO weaken the Republicans in the fall campaign
that legislature favorable to Col. Goddards cleo
tion will be chosen
The Democratic and Independent leaders have
well proven their capacity in the management of
affairs of consequence during the past thirteen
months. An able governor, brilliant and devoted
representation in the general assembly, and wide
awake, vigorous and devoted mayor in this city
have all done much to give the people confidence
in the cause of reform
AS The News-Democrat has on more than one
occasion remarked, the fight for registration, under
the difficulties placed about it in this city, more
than half the battle. The Democrats and Inde-
pendents have reason to be satisfied AS the rank
and file of the Republican party recognized that
there was nothing fight for in local contests it
permitted the months to 60 by without registering,
while the Democrats, recognizing the high prnci-
pes the courage and unsefshness of their leaders,
took up every task with enthusiasm.
The next duty is to see that traitors do not get
possession of the Democratic organization. There
is an easy way to tell such this year. The present
delegation to the legislature from this city worked
faithfully for reform and stood nobly by Col Cod
dard as its candidate for senator Any who
opposes this delegation should receive very cold
shoulder from Democrats independents
The honor of the Democracy and the welfare
of the state require that men who well quail
fed and who have SO fully proven their fathfulness
to the cause of better government should be unani-
mously renomnated. The Republicans have recog-
nzed for the past three months that fight in this
city will be useless unless the Democratic electors
can be deceived by who are willing to sell their
party.
There will be plenty of money for use in the
caucuses next fall unless the honest Democrats of
the city at once make up their minds to seriously
question the standing in the party of men who
oppose secretly or openly the denomination of the
present assembly ticket Every Democrat who has
registered should remember that in doing his duty
to his party he is doing effective service for the
state.