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Providence; Lieutenant-Governor, Ariel Bal- 

 lou, of Woonsocket ; Secretary of State, W. B. 

 W. Hallet, of Providence; Attorney-General, 

 Warren R. Perce, of Providence; General 

 Treasurer, William P. Congdon, of Newport. 

 A State Central Committee was chosen, of 

 which Win. B. Beach was made chairman, and 

 the following resolutions were adopted : 



Whereas, It is our misfortune to convene at a 

 time when the world stands amazed at witnessing, in 

 its greatest Republic, the triumph of fraud over jus- 

 tice: 



1. Resolved, That our faith in Democratic institu- 

 tions is unabated. If the prosperity of our beloved 

 country were dependent upon Presidents, Commis- 

 sions, and Eeturning Boards, its future would indeed 

 be dark ; to none of these do we trust, but to the 

 awakened conscience and resistless power of the 

 American people, which never yet have failed to 

 mete out justice, both to parties and to men. 



2. Resolved, That we accord a sincere approval to 

 the Democratic members of the Forty-fourth Con- 

 gress for their patriotism in providing a tribunal to 

 determine the disputed Presidency: and although 

 the Commission established as a High Court of 

 Equity proved but a party tool, for their manliness 

 in accepting its adverse decision. 



3. Resolved, That under protest only do we submit 

 to the seating, as President of the United States, of 

 one whom the people have emphatically rejected. 



4. Resolved, That the acceptance by Rutherford B. 

 Hayes of a position which rightfully is another's, 

 leaves no room to expect that the administration 

 will be either honorable to himself or serviceable 

 to the country. 



5. Resolved, That the degenerated leadership of the 

 Republican party, manifest in the nation at large, 

 by the fraudulent subversion of the will of two sov- 

 ereign States, and in this State by a continued sup- 

 port of corrupt practices and candidates, furnishes a 

 sufficient proof for its condemnation and abandon- 

 ment by ail honest men. 



6. Resolved, That we indorse the address of the 

 Democratic members of Congress, issued March 3. 

 A. D. 1877, to the people of the United States, and 

 adopt its sentimsnts as our own. 



7. Resolved, That while, as good citizens, we make 

 no opposition to the de facto President, we do not 

 admit the rightfulness of his title. And we call upon 

 our fellow-citizens to keep constantly in memory 

 that the inauguration of R. B. Hayes was the result 

 of plain and palpable fraud, indorsed by the histori- 

 cal eight in the announcement of the infmnous doc- 

 trine that " the action of a Canvassing Board may 

 be mistaken, it may be clouded with error, it may 

 even be tainted with fraud, and yet it is too sacred 

 to be touched, and it ends all inquiry." 



8. Resolved, That we, delegates of the Democratic 

 party of Rhode Island, cordially inviting the co- 

 operation of every one who approves these princi- 

 ples, announce the following as measures whoso 

 e irly adoption we believe to be for the welfare of the 

 State: 1st. A more rigid economy in public expen- 

 diture. 2d. The equalization of the suffrage quahn 

 cation. 3d. The abolition of the registry tax. 4th. 

 The enactment of a ten-hour law. 



9. Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention 

 that a memorial and petition be prepared and p 

 eented to Congress for the passage of an tmeodmati 

 to the Constitution of the United States, extciulu 

 the elective franchise to all the citizens of the Unite 

 States residing in this State. 



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The Republican Convention was held nt the 

 State-house in Providence, on the 8th of March. 

 There were several contesting delegations, and 

 considerable time was spent in effecting an 



organization. Charles C. Van Zandt, of New- 

 port, was nominated for Governor; A. C. 

 Howard, of East Providence, for Lieutenant- 

 Governor; Willard Sayles, of Providence, for 

 Attorney-General ; Joshua M. Addeman, of 

 Providence, for Secretary of State, and Samuel 

 Clarke, of Lincoln, for Treasurer. No resolu- 

 tions or declarations of any kind were adopted. 

 A Prohibitory Convention was held March 9th. 

 The nominations made were the same aa those 

 of the Republican Convention of the previous 

 day, and the only resolution adopted was the 

 following: 



Resolved, That we recommend the several towns 

 of this State to at once organize in such manner aa 

 to secure Senators and Representatives in the next 

 General Assembly who will renact tho prohibitory 

 law and have it enforced. 



OL1 MILL, NEWIMIIT. 



At the election the Republican and Prohibi 

 tion candidates were chosen by small majori- 

 ties. The total vote for Governor was 24,475, 

 of which Van Zandt received 12,458, Barnnby, 

 11,787, and 230 were returned as scat term jr. 

 Van Zandt's plurality over Barnaby was 071, 

 and his majority 441. The highest Republican 

 majority was 4.416, for Clarke for Trea*ur.-r, 

 the vote being, Clarke 14,570, Ooogdoo K 

 and scattering 15; and tho average BepubU 

 majority on tho entire State ticket wan 2,Nitf. 

 The Legislature choson at tliis <?le-ti..n 

 Bisted of 28 Republicans and 8 Heimx 

 the Senate, and 82 Republican,, and 2 

 crats in the House: Republican majority, HI 

 in the Senate, 56 in the Hotuw, and 76 OO ft 

 joint ballot. 



