Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-19

MORE than a year ago it came to the know
ledge of many persons in this city that an et-
fort would be made to prevent the re-nomina-
ton of the present District Attorney So
slight and unfounded were the alleged causes
for dissatisfaction, that the whole matter
would have been forgotten, if the discontents
had not recently distributed scandalous cir
cular throughout the county, reiteratng the
groundless charges of last year, and calling
upon the Sons of Temperance 10 secure the
election of delegates to the Republican County
Convention opposed to the nomination of Mr.
Aldrich. This anonymous circular, which is be-
fore us, and which has gone abroad as if it had
the sanction of some organized body of men
in this city, charges the District Attorney with
allowing criminals to escape when it was in
his power to have them convicted, with using
his official influence against the friends of good
morals and good order, and with wasting the
peoples money in playing practical jokes on
temperance men. The following note, placed
in our hands last evening, is sufficient an
answer, if any were needed, to the discreditable
circular alluded to:
We authorized by Worcester Division Iii,
Sons of Temperance, TO state that the anonymous
circular, rejecting on the official course of p. Emory
Aldrieh, Esq, and urging temperance men to oppose
his reelection, sent to the various Divisions of Sons
of Temperance, of this county was tcttout tie con-
ca7ence or authority of that Division, and was sent
without their knowledge To the best oftheir know
ledge and belief it also without the concurrence
or sanction the other Worcester Division. II was
the personal attack of one or two individuals who
attempted to clothe it with the implied sanction of
the Worcester Divisions.
To those who have been brought in connec-
ton with the Office of the District Attorney,
no elaborate statement is needed to show that
he is, in his official, as in his personal clarac-
ter, above reproach. As simple act of JUS
tice, however, we may state, that, so far from
there being anything to justify general charges
of delinquency on the part of Mr. Aldrich, the
record presents plain and manifest argument
in his favor. In 1855 the criminal expenses of
the county amounted in round numbers to
S54,OOO. In that year Mr.. Aldrich was rcmov-
ed by. Gov. Gardner. In 1856, the expenses
rose to 1000, and at the close of the year
the people saw fit to replace him in the Office
from which he had been removed. In
1857, the criminal expenses, SO far as the
courts were concerned, went down to $685.
600, and in 1858, they were nearly the
same For the present year, the three terms
of the Criminal Court have cost $4,000, less
than $4,000 each. Reckoning the cost of the
present term at $4,000, it will leave the entire
cost for the year at s2S, 900, in round numbers
or $4,000 less than three years ago. These
figures are not produced for the sake of iusti.
flying an officer who needs no justification.
The facts are already known to all who have
had honest dealings with the Court. The
County Convention which meets in this city
tomorrow, can do no more timely or honorable
act than to confer upon the present District
Attorney unanimous denomination.