The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-02
Bis DEMOCRATIC
RALLY HELD IN
NO. PROVIDENCE.

Gov. Higgins declared last evening that
''if there is any one man In Rhode Is
land who represents all that is best. hon.
est and good In this state. that man Is
Robert III. !. Goddard. No one man has
done moro to break up the corrupt ma
chine than has Robert IL. /. Goddard.
The governor spoke at big rally In
Grattan hall. Lymansvile. North Provi-
dence, and appealed to the people OF that
town to send men TO the assembly who
would support Col. Goddard. and by so
doing he said, support all that Is honest
and good in government In this state.
At the mention OF the names OF Higgins.
Goddard, Sisson and the other state can
didates, there was great applause. the
speakers. especially John j. Fitzgerald
OF Pawtucket. made appeals for the local
Democratic and Lincoln candidates {or
the assembly. Mr.. Fitzgerald also assailed
State Senator Parrott, declaring that no
was marrow back" and that he had
been told so personally by the speaker.
Thaddeus j. Hayden, candidate for rep
resentative called the meeting TO order at
$50 o'clock and introduced DR.. John Il.
Corbett of Centredale as chairman.
In part, Gov. Higgins said
"You I'm North Providence have two
votes in the grand committee. and they
will count a great deal II added TO Col
Goddards support and taken away from
4 MS macnlne OppOneHl. II ilCahs a
| ference OF four
IT believe the election OF your senato-
rial candidate, L. Francis Crowell. 's
conceded by the Republican boss or this
town. Your candidate for representative,
Thaddeus ]. Hayden, is to be elected, too.
| for we want them both in office.
| "It Is not these men themselves thar
you vote for: 1t is for Robert ii. l. God
dard and for clean honest government.
II is very easy for us Democrats TO stand
UP and do our duty but II is hard for the
honest Republicans 10 kick over their
| old traces and support our measures.
| There will be no stolen onices again
lif the Democrats are successful this
Iyear."
r. Francis Crowell candidate for state
senator was introduced as the second
speaker. He said I'm part:
Gov Higgins has been held at tauit
because he does not come into North
Providence and close our gambling places.
He is unjustly held responsible for the
ring rule which governs this town
through the town council. How long will
you Submit to this ring rule here. as well
as throughout the state?
| Last year you had voting list OF Is5
persons. but now. on our list. are the
names OF only 677 voters. Are we pro-
crossing backward? We all know that
we are not and that the population is In
| creasing. Then what does the decrease
mean? IL means that those names whic'l
were dropped were names which should
not have been upon the lists. and upon
| which the fioaters voted last year not
once. but sometimes two and three times.
This town without corruption and pur-
| chased votes would be a Democratic
ltown. We have shown that there Is n
vote OF from 200 TO 215 Democrats in this
town that is absolutely unpurchasable."
Thaddeus j. Hayden, candidate for rep
| resentative. said that his candidacy was
not for personal honor. but because he
believed in the cause OF reform, support
ed by the Democratic and Lincoln parties
I'm the state He said:
II hereby pledge myself to vote first.
last and all the time for Col. Robert III.
/. Goddard, IL am elected as your repre-
sentative to the assembly"