Show A willy 1 the cal ous sufragio system that node island maintains yew 1 ork providence isach 13 the I 1 election in april for state faiers and general assembly promises to be of unusual interest rhode beland has a democratic governor and a democratic house of the dem brats sho uld be able to bal their I 1 own in the approaching contest would be ground for basing a reasonable hope that t he state might go for the democratic nominee in november Xo vember in other words the first wednesday in april will settle whether the change of last year was a spasm or revola tiou for reasons peculiar to chii stati the great majority of Voter sare democrats the is tile P property qualification fur foreign born citizens the constitute ion permitting native male citizens to vote on 1 tax allu ally paid U li ana of abe ir pi arty but air ing for foreign born the own hi of real estate to the value of 1 3 although foreign born elect 0 rs must belong to the properio owning class native electors cat sl ad a large proportion of them do belong to it As to the ownership af property it is in many it might almost be sate to say a majority of instances merely nominal of late years the supreme court and most of the canvassing boards have shown a to give a liberat interpretation of the law so that I 1 a man ulay vote on property and hundreds hun dredd do whose creditors would be aglid to discover a dollar mathin rejeb of attachment Foria stance if a mans 1 I 34 of real estate and hag borne her hus barid a chih the husband can vote ii virtue of that interest thui a ni a who was t a voter fejt ady may a viter ta day simply because he has become a happy father as may ap e ar it Is often I 1 ife in rho je y d the babe makes the father ii freeman again the right may be a reversionary interest As of a son who is to receive an ate upon his father decease ahe father can vote upon tha estate and the ton alio if it is worth twice so say I 1 some boards of canvassers on the contrary have ben that 13 e estate even if worth a mil liali collais dol lais aan oali qualify one person the two Democratic sons of a farmer in north providence who lived on farm of a deceased mother were not on the property downin lit li t objection was made to khelu thare on the ground tha t the farm although valuable could but one person the father after couta idera b le search it was ascer taina that a corner of the farm wa s A separate estate and carried on a e deed aud on this sep arate tract tbt two your 1 I men vere to the rist in t he pity of chev would probably have been admitted without helita tion ion the v strength of tair rever interest in the farm man Y are ago court ald the encumbrances on an estate amounted to within of tha ar valuation no matter how valuable val the estate might really be the owner emild bof vote apon it A very valuable piece of city property abject of the suit which was evidently bitterly this harsh decision never foun dita wa yinto the reports h tta deney of canvas era is ito put owner on the list no mat property ter ow much he has mortgaged the peculiarities of the voting laws sometimes lead to grave cora 3 A bachelor farmer whose family bad their farin from the foundation of the colony made an assignment of his estate in order to settle his affairs which ivere in a mess the p property was worth and woold bring several thousand dollars more than his debts his name the name of a colonel of the revolution the name of the first american officer on the re doubts remained on the voting lat A few months later he was drawn a gran dary man the grand jury found an immense au aber of indictments tor the pro hibi tory liquor law had just came into force an astute lawyer smell eil out the assignment the grand juryman was dragged to the stand and made to reveal the secrets of his private affairs while of in i isted cri out grinning I 1 at him from the aud bence A ahlo batch of indictments was thrown out on tile ground thit this w farmer tifai not I 1 a qualified voter built republicans and democrats profesa tb at the low ought to be changed and measures a re pending ith fisit t object in view but of theae measures mea are likely to ma ture in 1888 with duill rage oil the same bais fig in new york or tax system 89 8 9 in mait with apoll rhode blaud coald no I 1 fail of being democratic for the democrats are preparing anti not as in earnett battle in matter of forma former yea rs iq a and if pluck arid can carry aishe arten the day against almost in the cam will ring gitig odds the ly iO 1888 with la Democrat piga p iga of bictory 1 I 1 6 A |