RHODE ISLAND. 



701 



Attorney - General, Willard Sayles, of Provi- 

 dence ; for General Treasurer, Samuel Clark, 

 of Lincoln. Delegates to the National Con- 

 vention were chosen, and a State Central Com- 

 mittee appointed, but no platform or resolu- 

 tions were adopted. 



The whole number of votes cast for Gov- 

 ernor at the election was 19,087, of which 8,689 

 were for Henry Lippitt, 6,733 for Albert G. 

 Howard, and 3,599 for William B. Beach, while 

 16 were returned as "scattering." As a ma- 

 jority of all the votes cast are necessary to 

 elect in this State, there was no choice. The 

 only candidate for a State office who was elected 

 was Joshua M. Addeman for Secretary of State. 

 He received 15,395 votes out of a total of 19,- 

 081, John B. Pierce having 3,684, and " scat- 

 tering" 2. The Governor, Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, Attorney-General, and Treasurer, were 

 therefore chosen by the Legislature at the reg- 

 ular session, which began on the 30th of May. 



That body was composed of 27 Republicans 

 and 10 Democrats in the Senate, and 62 Re- 

 publicans and 10 Democrat* in the House of 

 Representatives. The Republican maiority was 

 therefore 17 in the Senate and 52 in the House, 

 or 69 on a joint ballot. It elected the regular 

 Republican candidates to the State offices to be 

 filled. The vote in "grand committee" was: 

 For Governor, Henry Lippitt 74, A. C. How- 

 ard 29 ; for Lieutenant-Governor, Henry T. 

 Sisson 70, Alfred B. Chadsey 28; for Attorney- 

 General, Willard Sayles 96, W. R. Perce 7 ; for 

 Treasurer, Samuel Clark 97, A. D. Vose 6. 

 The choice had to be made from the two can- 

 didates receiving the highest number of votes 

 at the popular election. 



The regular session of the Legislature was 

 held, as usual, at Newport, and continued from 

 May 30th to June 14th. Henry B. Anthony 

 was reflected to the Senate of the United States, 

 receiving 81 votes in the Senate to one for 



Charles S. Bradley, and 66 in the House of 

 Representatives to three for Mr. Bradley. The 

 only measure of importance was an act approv- 

 ing the amendments to the constitution pro- 

 posed by the preceding Legislature, and provid- 

 ing for their submission to a vote of the people 

 at the election for members of Congress and 

 presidential electors on the 7th of November. 



The Democrats held their convention for the 

 nomination of presidential electors at Provi- 

 dence, on the 20th of September. The candi- 

 dates selected were William Beach Lawrence, 

 Charles R. Cutler, A. B. Lewis, and Olney 

 Arnold. A single resolution was adopted rat- 

 ifying and confirming "the platform of the 

 Democratic National Convention adopted at 

 St. Louis." 



The Republican Convention for the nomina- 

 tion of presidential electors was held at Prov- 

 idence, on the 4th of October. The candidates 



were Samuel G. Arnold, George H. Corliss, 

 Nathan F. Dixon, and Charles H. Fisher. Mr. 

 Corliss's nomination was made unanimously 

 and without a ballot. The following resolutions 

 were adopted by the convention : 



Resolved, That the Republican electors of the State 

 of Rhode Island, in convention axsetnbled, hereby 

 affirm their allegiance to the principles of the Re- 

 publican party, as set forth in the platform adopted 

 by the National Convention nt Cincinnati, and as il- 

 lustrated in the characteristic letters of acceptance 

 of the candidates there nominated. 



Rrsolved, That this convention favors economy in 

 administration of the Government, and a rigid ac- 

 countability of all officers charged with public trusts ; 

 that it demands an early resumption of specie pay- 

 ments : that it insists on the protection of all citizens 

 of the United States in the exercise of their rurhts 

 and privileges: that it denounces the recent action 

 of the National House of Representatives in the re- 

 moval of faithful officers, who had periled their lives 

 for the defense of the Union, to make room for men 

 who had fought to destroy it. 



