The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-10-24
platform putout when they have the
record OF such men against IT.?

record OF such men against IT.?
QUESTIONS FOR WATROUS.
'Mr. Watrous was another speaker. Mr..
Watrous is going TO have vote in the
senate. IL elected. I want to ask him how
he is going to act on the election of a
sheriff? He says he is a newcomer In
the political field. and am going 10 tell
him some OF the things he ough ito know
before he votes on the question Of sher-
IN.
IT will tell him that Hunter c..
White will be the Republican nom
inee and that his salary is TO be
5000. twice that of the governor of
the state. and as great as that OF
the justices of the supreme court
i will tell him that Mr. White is
not satisfied with that; that for
years he has compelled the depu-
uties he has appointed TO pay him
500 a year apiece out of the earn
ings which the state pays them.
'Out of that species of blackmail
office selling-graft-he doubles
his salary. am going TO tell him
that this man is not even faith
full to his own party associates;
that he went To Alderman Spicer
and. speaking with the authority
of Gen. Brayton, instructed him to
vote against the chairman of the
Republican state central commit
tee for police commissioner.
Il ask Mr.. Watrous. IL elected, will he
vote for Mr.. White In view OF these
facts? I ask him II he will vote for Sam
Aliens son as clerk OF the Kent county
court? I ask him IL he will vote for
Judge Harris and Judge Rathbun as dis
trict Judges-men who are themselves
members of the legislature?
''Mr. Huddy, the candidate for mayor,
will have as one of his duties the ap-
pointment OF a police commissioner. I
want to ask him who he will appoint-a
man like Col. Gross. or a man who passed
the night in his automobile on the street
in Apponaug? I want to ask him X he
is going to have the courage of Patrick
j.. Mccarthy? ! want to ask him II he
does not know that for years Hunter c..
White has seen to it?' Does he know
that all the old committees on city prop
erty have carried out his will, and does
he know why nearly all the present COM
mittee have been dropped?
THAT CORRUPTION FUND.
II like to have statements specific. Mr..
Murdock says he asked Railroad Com
missioner Burlingame about the story of
that 10000 fund placed in his hands for
campaign purposes. and the latter said
1t was false. Well. If It is not s60.O00
what Is IL? Is It $59.000 or SCI. 600? / would
like TO ask Mr.. Burlingame II he now re-
ceives 5000 a year salary as manager OF
the Republican league in addition to his
salary as railroad commissioner? ! would
also like to ask him II his brother also re-
ceives a salary from the same source. and
in what amount?
Governor Utter was the last speaker Of
any account-no one but Adm Capron
came after him-and Governor Utter says
he Is opposed to bossism. like Governor
Utter. and i wish l could reconcile his
statements.
AT the opening of the last campaign
he began to talk about the good-hearted-
ness of the boss. A few weeks later he
was declaring that the boss was a men,
ace to the state. Only a few weeks ago he
said he would not be candidate for gov
ernor this year because his utterances
made him unavailable: that because he
said what he did the previous campaign,
he had been knitted by Republicans.
How does that statement affect the
present candidate for governor? How can
Utter be the impossible and Jackson the
chosen If they entertain the same ideas
regarding bossism?
81 hope and pray that the Republicans
will go on, all over the state. talking. and
/ want you to listen to them and read
their speeches.
II hope that a certain conference down
at Little Compton today at Speaker Bur-
chards house will result successfully and
that Mr. Wetmore will give up sum
sufficient to put some life into the cam
paign. If l can't be set up as insulting
someone. the campaign will be rather un-
COL. QUINN.
Col. +. III. Quinn of Warwick was the
other speaker at the meeting. He made
this point:
mo reform can be inaugurated by
popular house so long as we have a ma
chine senate
And l want TO warn you that when the
Republican party promise constitutional
reform, as they do in this campaign. they
mean just that kind of reform which was
offered in 1s9s-a reform without disturb
ing any of the machines present vested
rights"