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Show This is election day in Rhode Island find the prospects are good for the election elec-tion of the entire republican ticket. In any case the legislature Vill be solidly republican. The importance of a victory vic-tory in "Little Khotly" is not to be measured meas-ured by the size of the state. The present government of Venezuela, Vene-zuela, which has been conspicuously unfriendly to the United States, is now lighting for its life against revolution arj- forces that seem to be steadily increasing. in-creasing. The repulse of ClOBSPO, the insurgent leader, in a battle with the government army, is accepted as only a transient check, and the position of the administration is shown by the desperate des-perate haste it is making to fortify the important cities of Valencia and Caracas. Car-acas. President Palai io has control of the army and treasury, but his arbitrary ar-bitrary methods and his illegal attempt to retain power have made him general gener-al iy unpopular. Apparently his overthrow over-throw is only a question of time. |