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Attorney- General, Willard Sayles, of Provi- 

 dence; General Treasurer, Samuel Clark, of 

 Lincoln. No platform was adopted. 



The Democratic Convention was held in 

 Eepresentatives 1 Hall, Providence, on the 27th 

 of March, and was very harmonious. The fol- 

 lowing was the ticket put in nomination : For 

 Governor, Charles B. Cutler, of Warren ; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, John B. Pierce, of North 

 Kingstown; Secretary of State, Thomas A. 

 Eeynolds, of East Greenwich ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Charles E. Gorman, of Providence ; Gen- 

 eral Treasurer, Philip Eider, of Newport. 



The only resolutions adopted were the fol- 

 lowing : 



Resolved, That the convention has placed in nom- 

 ination for general officers of the State men of unim- 

 peachable integrity and of life-long reputation as 

 Democrats, and who are in every way worthy of the 

 support of Democrats and of all good citizens irre- 

 spective of party name. 



Resolved, That we pledge our votes and influence 

 to their election. 



On the 29th of March the Prohibitionists 

 held a convention in Providence. The follow- 

 ing resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That no question connected with the law- 

 making power or its administration in the State is of 

 equal importance with that prohibiting the manu- 

 facture and sale of intoxicating beverages. 



Resolved, That the judgment of this convention is 

 that the prohibitory law has thus far worked well, 

 and promises better results the longer it is in force. 



Resolved, That, while we seek to restrain drunken- 

 ness by the use of the law, we yet put especial em- 

 phasis upon moral agencies, and ask the cooperation 

 of all good citizens. 



Resolved, That we heartily indorse the adminis- 

 tration of Governor Henry Howard and his asso- 

 ciates in office, and congratulate the State upon the 

 purity of their record. 



Resolved, That the prudence, firmness, and zeal of 

 State Constable Northrup and his deputies entitle 

 them to the confidence and support of all good citi- 

 zens. 



Resolved, That we unqualifiedly condemn the prac- 

 tice which has so extensively corrupted the morals 

 of this State the buying up of the ballots of free- 

 men in order to secure the nomination or election 

 of unworthy men, or of any man, to office ; and we 

 call upon the citizens of every town and city in the 

 State to use all honorable means to bring to justice 

 any man who shall dare to offer any bribe in the 

 coming election. 



Resolved, That we call upon all friends of sobriety 

 and virtue to assist in electing State Senators and 

 Eepresentatives who are in favor of retaining our 

 present prohibitory and constabulary laws, with only 

 such amendments as will increase their efficiency. 



The nominations made were as follows : For 

 Governor, Henry Howard, of Coventry; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, Charles C. Yan Zandt, of 

 Newport ; 'Secretary of State, Joshua M. Adde- 

 nian, of Providence; Attorney-General, Wil- 

 lard Sayles, of Providence ; General Treasurer, 

 Samuel Clark, of Lincoln. 



Those Eepublicans who were dissatisfied with 

 the action of the regular convention called a 

 mass meeting of " National Union Eepublicans, 

 who believe that the nominations of Henry 

 Lippitt for Governor and Henry T. Sisson for 

 Lieutenant-Governor were secured by means 



destructive to the integrity and purity of the 

 Eepublican party, and perilous to all its inter- 

 ests." This was held at the Academy of Music, 

 in Providence, on the 1st of April, and the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted : 



Whereas, The nomination of Henry Lippitt and 

 Henry T. Sisson for the offices of Governor and 

 Lieutenant-Governor has been accompli shed through 

 methods and practices which in their practical oper- 

 ation are subversive of the fundamental principles of 

 all popular government ; and 



Whereas, These nominations have called forth ex- 

 pressions of profound and unqualified dissatisfac- 

 tion : therefore 



Resolved, That we, members of the Eepublican 

 party, in mass meeting assembled, enter our solemn 

 and indignant protest against such proceedings ; that, 

 moreover, we will not submit to such practices ; and 

 that with united voices we repudiate a nomination 

 which has disgraced the State, imperiled the char- 

 acter and safety of our party, cast a stigma upon pop- 

 ular institutions, and, in fine, betrayed grave and 

 sacred trusts. 



Resolved, That this meeting is a testimony to the 

 virtue, intelligence, and independence of the people ; 

 that it illustrates, in no uncertain degree, their ca- 



Eacity to think and to speak for themselves ; that it 

 eralds the commencement of a reform in all that 

 relates to purity in politics and qualifications for 

 office ; that it declares that the people, when once 

 aroused, are invincible ; that it proclaims the inten- 

 tion to speak for their rights, to compel a recogni- 

 tion of them, and to sweep from the path to power 

 any man or any set of men who may either betray 

 them, or, by questionable means, seek to dictate who 

 shall be their rulers. 



Resolved, T hat in the names of Eowland Hazard and 

 Daniel E. Day, which are now presented to the mem- 

 bers of the Eepublican party for their suffrages, we 

 recognize men, the record of whose lives is the best 

 guarantee of their fitness for the high offices for 

 which they are now nominated. 



Resolved, That, on the first Wednesday in April, 

 we will proclaim throughout the length and breadth 

 of the State that " the people, like the air, is seldom 

 heard, but when it speaks in thunder." 



Resolved, That we recommend the Eepublicans of 

 the several towns and wards to organize and enroll 

 their names in accordance with the recommendation 

 of the late National Union Eepublican State Com- 

 mittee. 



The following ticket was nominated by a 

 unanimous vote of the meeting : For Govern- 

 or, Eowland Hazard, of South Kingstown; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Daniel E. Day, of Provi- 

 dence; Secretary of State, Joshua M. Adde- 

 man, of Providence; Attorney-General, "Willard 

 Sayles, of Providence; General Treasurer, Sam- 

 uel Clark, of Lincoln. 



Governor Howard and Lieutenant-Governor 

 Yan Zandt having declined the nominations 

 tendered by the Prohibitionists, the candidates 

 of the Independent Eepublicans were accepted 

 by a committee to which the duty of filling va- 

 cancies had been intrusted by the convention. 



The election took place on the 7th of April. 

 The whole number of votes cast for Governor 

 was 22,258, of which, Hazard received 8,724, 

 Lippitt 8,368, and Cutler 5,166. There was no 

 choice of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, 

 a majority of all the votes cast being required 

 for an election. Joshua M. Addeman was 

 elected Secretary of State, receiving 16,936 



