Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-12
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 1s, 1871.
The CITY Election.

The result of the city election will be seen in
the reports on the first page, Mr.. Very is
elected mayor by over POO majority The "cir-
liens" candidates for aldermen are elected by
an average majority Of something over 1000,
In wards 2, 8, Z, and g. the republican candidates
for members of the common council and mem
bers of the school board are elected, and the
"citzens'" candidates in the other wards. The
three aldermen who hold over are republicans;
aud of the councilmen holding over, four are
democrats, and seven republicans, not including
one who resigned. The new board of aldermen
willconsist Of five or six republicans and two or
three democrats. In the council there will be
fourteen republicans and ten democrats, one of
the republicans only having been elected on the
"citizens'" ticket.
This result is due chiefly TO the fact that the
voters were in mood for it. Various special
causes can be specified but the principal cause
was the inclination of great number of the re-
publican voters to lay aside party considera-
tons, in this municipal election, and do precise
" what they have done, Doubtless the vote for
Mr.. Very was considerably increased bv some
of the methods of opposition used against him;
We uSdu tiic NONNlL PeAooie uttt'Sho, tAAN 9hNSA7
at his social position, and the innuendoes against
his personal character, which were heard in con-
versation, and in at least one public Speech and
which were as impolitic as they were unmanly
The republicans had as good a ticket for mu-
nieipal officers as was ever presented to the
voters of this city. This is freely admitted by
many of those who voted against it, 1t was not
that the ticket was at fault but that great
many of the voters were not in mood TO deal
with this particular election in the usual way,
being moved by all sorts of motives. There was
q startling stampede, and this more than any
thing else is what caused it. Its signs were in
the air before the nominations were made, but
many of those concerned overlooked them.
Well, the storm is over, and those who were I'M
comfortably fermenting with desire to do
something" to our municipal politics, probably
feel better.
Mr.. Crompton is no less admirably qualified
for the Office of mayor than when he was over
persuaded to accept the nomination. We le-
gret that the city will not have the benefit Of
his remarkable executive faculty used in the
management of its affairs; but he did not want
the Office, and regards the result, doubtless, with
a stronger feeling Of relief than Of disappoint,
ment. The result of the stampede is not so bad
as it might have been The mayor elect is a re-
publican, and the republicans have a majority
in each branch of the city council. Mr.. Very
has ability which its him to do excellent SER
vice as mayor, and we believe he has ambition
to perform the duties of the Office in such
manner as wifi secure general approval. He
announces that he is pledged to nobody, and is
therefore entirely free to do what shall seem to
him best for the city. We shall watch his adj
ministration with much interest, land aim to treat
Ii candidly and Justly