Sentence:  Seated on the platform were Amos C. Barstow , ex-mayor of Providence and a wealthy <WSD>Republican</WSD> stove manufacturer ; Thomas Davis , an uncompromising Garrisonian ; the Reverend Augustus Woodbury , a Unitarian minister ; the Reverend George T. Day , a Free-Will Baptist ; Daniel w. Vaughan , and William H. H. Clements . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  relating to or belonging to the Republican Party