The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-10-30
RHODE ISLAND POLITICS.
A Few Reasons Why the Republicans
VIII Win This Year.

4 q
ing to a close a political campaigl
which involves the selection OF thre
congressman and State officers ol
November 3rd. In the meantime tn
State Is invaded with many speaker
of all political parties seeking vote
for their respective candidates. Nool
and night these speakers explain tn
. problems Of the city, Statesand Nation
and the local papers are giving ex
tensive news reports OF these doings.
The net result Of this campaign to
date makes 1t look as though tn
REPUBLICAN State officers heade'
by al new candidate, II. Livingston
Beeckman OF Newport, for Governo
will be elected. Two years ago Hon
Aram J. Pothier of Woonsocket Wa!
reelected Governor on the Republican
ticket despite the Democratic land
slide In the country. The new nom
inee Mr.. Beeckman is man with wide
experience In State affairs, having
served In the House and Senate as a
member from Newport for the past
six years. He Is close student OF
public affairs, and Is deeply interested
in the legislation that most affects the
workingmen. His home Is In Newport
where he has spent the greater part
Of his life.
The candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor on the Republican ticket Is
Emery ]. San Souci of Providence, a
business man who has risen from
small beginnings to a prominent place
in the community. A few years ago
he worked as back boy in the Bidde-
ford cotton mills, and later he learned
the boot and shoe business, both
wholesale and retail. He Is now en-
gagged in shoe and dry goods business
at Olneyville Square as a member OF
the firm of the j. 0. San Souci Com
pany.
The other state officers are the same
faithful and efficient men who have
served with eminent success and to
the satisfaction of all for several
years past, viz: j. Fred Parker for Sec
retary of State; Herbert A. Rice for
Attorney General; Walter A. Read for
General Treasurer
Even more interest Is being ex-
pressed in the fight for members OF
Congress from the three Rhode Island
districts. In the first district Roswell
b. Burchard Is the Republican candi-
date. He Is the present Lieutenant
Governor and has had long experience
in public affairs. He was for six
years Speaker Of the House OF Rep
resentatives and Is well known as an
orator and public speaker. He is one
of the most active campaigners now
on the stump in Rhode Island, and Is
making his Democratic opponent go
some to keep up with him in discus
sing the national issues Of the cam
paign.
Hon. Walter II. Stiness is the Repub-
lican candidate In the second con-
gressional district. He has been the
United States District Attorney for
Rhode Island and is lawyer OF high
standing. A few years since he was the
Senate Leader at the State House,
being at that time senator from
Warwick. He Is forceful speaker,
and Is giving his chief apponent some |
thing to think about besides garden
seeds and franked letters.
In the third congressional district
the present Congressman Hon. Am
brose Kennedy Is seeking reelection
and his prospects are unusually bright.
He Is delivering series OF very able
addresses on topics OF the hour in
Congress, and his position at Wash
ington and knowledge Of the general
situation makes him specially valuable
at this time in campaign work.
The progressive vote In Rhode Island
Is dwindling away from present ap-
pearances. There were but two
branches Of the Progressives in evil
dence q few days ago, but the su-
preme COURT decided in favor Of one
and against the other, and the whole
party seems rather dead as q natural
outcome.
The opinion seems to prevail In
party councils that the Republicans
will regain the second congressional
district, which means the election of
General w. II. Stiness, and that Mr..
Burchard will pull through by small
margin in the first congressional dis
trict. The election Of three congress-
men will be good object lesson to the
Washington democrats who have been
passing legislation most detrimental to
New England industries.
1t Is anticipated that the independ-
CIT Notc Will Tsely COlue pdCh W tuo
Republican party because Of poor bus
mess conditions, and the enforced
idleness Of ten thousand operatives in
Rhode Island shops as an outcome of
the tariif changes and other hostile
democratic legislation.
The Republicans expect clean
sweep and with such able congression-
al nominees, and such men as Mr..
Beeckman and Mr.. San Souci at the
head Of the State ticket.
The Democratic party In 1912 prom
ised, IL elected, to bring about a radical
reduction In the cost of table necessit-
les. Sixteen months after coming into
power, namely on July 1, 1914, and be-
fore the price of table necessities were
affected by the war In Europe, instead
OF finding a reduction the opposite is
found to be true.
Thirty -four articles of food in CON-
mon use, the prices having been OBJ
tanned from "A prominent Rhode
Island stores, show an average in
crease In prices, which, coupled with
reductions In pay rolls and the great
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