The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-14

By the largest majority accorded a
mayor of Worcester during the past
twenty years, Rufus B. Dodge, Jr., was
again returned to the highest Office
within the gift of the people at yester-
days election.
The total vote of the city was not a
particularly large one, but never in re-
cent years has any election been
marked by such a tremendous and
sweeping republican victory as marked
that of yesterday. Disguised with po-
litical chicanery and aldermanic bomb
asst. the voters of the city rose as one
man and overturned the tables of the
money changers and drove them from
the municipal temple.
Mellen-the only, the mighty. the ma
jestic James Heavyweight Mellen, the
man who stops at nothing, the man
who can run an election as easily as a
bear could run a baby carriage; the
man who knows more about politics"
and public sentiment" than any man
in fraiI health ought to-Was defeated.
1t was genuine out and out defeat,
clear cut and straight from the should
err humiliating in its directness and
crushing in it's vindictiveness. 1t was
the same spirit which lies behind all
American institutions, the spirit which
formed the cornerstone of this nation,
which yesterday rose up from the ball
lot box and rudely pushed back the
hand that would grasp at every office
in sight so long as it has the term "po-
iticaP' attached to it. The voters were
mbued with this spirit and when the
contest between good sound common
sense and political bombast resolved it
self into the fight between Mr.. Carber-
ry and James Heavyweight Menen in
ward 4, they rallied around their flag
in great shape and punctured Mellen' S
political tire with 169 sharp pointed
votes
They utilized the utilities and
"monopoliZed the monopoly" They res
cued the lady and bucked the tiger.
and James-James, the aldermanic as
pirant, went down with the wreck.
Political Mr. Mellen, poor Mr. Mel
len, mighty Mr.. Mellen, mournful Mr.
Mellen, from ward 4.
To say that the election was a sur
prise is putting ii lightly No surprise
was ever sprung in this city which will
leave so lasting an impression as did
yesterdays election. OF course the
biggest surprise was on the democrats
Il was their treat, and if James Heavy
weight Mellen, representing the demo-
cratic party, had had any sporting
blood left in his veins, the least he
could have done would have been to
take The Spy out to a game supper.
But there was no such good luck, and
James, politician though he is, forgot
all his political pointers in his sur
PRISE.
The republicans upon the other side.
were by no means unruffied by the I'M
expected turn affairs took. plurality
of about 1900 had been expected fol
Mayor Dodge. The mayor himself had
looked for about that much, and Chair
man Tatman of the republican civ
committee had looked for a. plurality
of about 1000, but when the returns
from precinct after precinct coming in
to the city clerks office in city han
showed big gains for Mayor Dodge and
his plurality ran past the 1000 mark
past the 1900 mark, and on past the
1000 and 5000 mark, the joy of his sup
porters knew no bounds.
The same returns that showed such
vast gains for the mayor steadily gave
assurance that the election of six
party republicans was assured
and the waiting crowd in republican
headquarters as they watched the plu-
ralities grow, cheered until they were
hoarse.
The complete returns showed Mayor