Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-11
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MONDAY, DEC. II, 1854.
CITY ELECTION,

TRs election Of their municipal officers for
the ensuing year. devolves upon the people of
Worcester, to-day. The polls will be open at
ready published the nominations of the Dem
ocratic party, and in another column of this
days paper we give the nominations for May
or and Aldermen of the Know Nothing or
Ranixation, which were made on Friday eve-
ming, but which the especial organ of the or.
der, which announced its determination to
furnish news twelve hours in advance of all
its contemporaries, did not sec fit to publish on
Saturday. Of the ticket nominated by the
Democrats of Worcester, it is simply sufficient
to say, what every one already knows, that
there is not the remotest possibility of the cleo
ton of any portion of it. As neither Repub-
leans or Wings have made any nominations,
the K. N. ticket will undoubtedly be put
through with rush, and it is perfectly safe
to assume that all the gentlemen nominated
will be elected By a large majority. With the
ticket az 8 whole, we have no disposition to
fnd any fault. Though preponderance in
numbers upon the Board of Aldermen seems
to have been given to men who were formerly
Wings, we are assured that no reference was
had to former political predictions and in
the complete and utter prostration of the wing
party in this Commonwealth, we cannot see
that the election of four quondam wing alder
men, by the votes Of men of all parties, will
afford the scattered remnants of that party
any great cause fer self graduation. Of
the remaining four members of the Board,
two were free sellers, and two were democrats.
We believe all of them have had experience
in municipal affairs, and if one or two Of them
have the reputation of being progressive in
their ideas upon municipal legislation, their
official influence will only be fair offset to
the reputed conservatism of some Of their COL
leagues.
In regard to the candidate for the Mayoral-
~, we are happy to say that our Know NotA-
ing friends have agreeably disappointed us,
by placing in nomination the present efficient
Sheriff of the county, George w. Richardson,
ESQ. Knowing, as we did, that several CASE
Gus individuals had been dieting for that Office,
for a considerable time, and that their person
al friends would make every effort to secure
nominations 'snot st to be made" we were
not prepared to see the ticket of the 'brethren
Of the mystic tie so well filed out at the top.
When Mr.. Richardson entered upon the duties
of the Sheriffalty of Worcester County, two
years since, we presume he encountered strong.
er prejudices than most men do, from their
political opponents, but he has outliyed them
all, and his official conduct has been such, that
all men of all parties are willing to award
him the credit of being in all respects model
Sheriff. In the discharge of all his varied du-
ties he is SAID to be prompt, efficient, and ac-
curate, while his courteous bearing in the
Court room and the kind and considerate care
which he has ever manifested, in the physical.
intellectual, and moral welfare of the inmates
Of the Jail and House of Correction, have
proved that he had heart to feel for the
woes of humanity as well as mind and will
10 maintain and uphold the majesty flaw.
Upon the subject of temperance, we are in
formed that Mr.. Richardson has expressed
himselfin decided terms, as favorable to the
rigid enforcement of the laws of the Common
wealth, against the salo Of intoxicating drinks,
and that, in regard toIthe fugitive slave law, he
stands upon the same platform of principle
with our present excellent Mayor, viz. that
there is nothing in the Constitution of the
United States, that requires the Magistrates or
officers Of towns and cities in the Free States
TO assist, in any way, i'll the rendition of fugi-
tive slaves to their masters, and that the police
of the city shall in no case, while under his
control, aid or assist in the capture or deten-
ton of any fugitive from bondage. Having
shown his capacity and fitness for the bust
ness of the Office, by the successful manner in
which he has discharged the duties of Sher-
If Of the county, and having taken decided
stand in these other important subjects of
Temperance and Freedom, SO dear to the
hearts of the people of Worcester, we think it
was the part Of wisdom in the Republican and
Wing organizations to offer no organized re-
sistance to the ticket at the polls; and we
are willing to believe that the election of the
whole ticket will subserve the best interests
of the community, until we are convinced to
the contrary, by the official acts or short
comings of those who composeit.
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