The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-10
. alker Urged
to Have One.
VOTE FOR THAYER
Is Increased Fifty by Error
in City Returns.

The end is not yet in the memorable
fight for congress in the Worcester dis
trict The friends Of Mp. Walker ara
incensed over the wholesale desertion
Of their candidate on the part Of rspub-
lioans. and their blood is up. They are
determined to see the fight through
to the bitter end and die game
1t is practically certain that a re-
count will be asked for in certain wards
in this city, and there is a bare pos
sibility that a recount will be petitfoned
for throughout the district. The wards
in which 1t is practically certain that
reoounts will be petitioned for are
wards 3, and 8. OF these wards, and
are strong democratic wards. and
ward 5 is counted as one of the close
wards of the city. It is believed by
republicans in these wards that Mr.
Walkers total vote in each is much
larger than shown by the returns of
yesterday, and several of the residents
of each ward called at Mr.. Walkers
| office yesterday and laid the matter
before him and consulted with S. Ham
ilton Coe and others who had had Mr..
| Walkers campaign in charge. No de-
| finite steps We're taken toward securing
| a recount, but the matter win be thor
oughly looked into this morning, and if
| the claims presented to Mr.. Walker
and his ieutenantS appear upon in
vestigation to be founded upon fact. it
| is practically certain that recounts in
| the three wards named will be petit
| toned for if not for a recount through
out the city.
| In going over the returns this morn
| ing, City Clerk Towne discovered that
| a serious mistake had been made in
the returns from ward 1. When the
vote for congressman in precinct 4 of
that ward was copied from the tally
sheets into the books of returns
through some error. so votes for Thayer
were dropped. These were added to
Thayer's total by Clerk Towne, and the
narrow margin was considerably in
! creased. From II it has now jumped
to 127.
The returns from that precinct on the
congressional vote were as follows:
mayer ...................-.. 131
walker ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. so
! Blanks ....................... IS
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s
The total number Of ballots actually
cast was found to be 279, and Mr..
Towne soon set to work and located
and credited the missing so voters. 1t
was also found that the returns for
several other offices in this precinct
were incorrect The total vote for gov
ernor was recorded as 26s, lieutenant
governor 2S2, senator 1893, secretary Of
state ISL, district attorney 27S. Even
the strongest friends of MIR. Walker are
not at all confident that he can be
elected ON recount, but 1t is felt that
Thayers majority can be greatly re-
duced. IF, they reason, such q. mistake
has happened in ward 1, 1t Is not at all
beyond the range Of possibility that
similar mistakes should have occurred
in other wards, and il so the votes in
question are as likely to be for Mr.
Walker as against him. With this
feeling gaining ground. it is very prob
oble that recount throughout the city
will be asked for.
Such recount is not feared by MIR.
Thayer. When seen by a Spy man last
evening, he said: THE only effect of a
recount upon my vote viii be to in
crease it,
Asked for statement of his position
on the tariff and other national issues,
Mr.. Thayer replied: Il have nothing to
say for publication upon these matters.
I go to congress perfectly free and I'M
hampered and shall act according to
my best Interpretation Of the interests
of the people" The congressman elect
received a large number OF callers at
his office in the State Mutual
building this morning. Democrats
and republicans dropped in to give him
the glad hand, and his mail contained
many letters of congratulation Friends
of his in Fitchburg sent flowers, and
from another source came paper
peach accompanied by q sheet Of paper
bearing the inscription, You're a
peach" Mr.. Thayer, tired out with his
hard work Of the past few weeks and
the nervous strain Tuesday night, re-
tired early last night and today will
leave the city to enjoy a few days
rest. He will go out into the country,
where he will occupy his time at his
favorite sport, fox hunting. He has
until one year from this December to
prepare for his congressional work.
His law practice win probably be
looked after by his partner assisted by
his two sons, Harry H. and John M.
Congressman Walker stuck close
to his Office during the great
err part of yesterday. There he
was called upon by number OF prom
inent republicans, who discussed tine
election and the possible results CT
recount. BY them it was considered
q feasible move, and both Mr. Walker
and his lieutenant S. Hamilton C0e,
were urged to take immediate steps to
secure one. Later in the day Mr.. Walk
er paid visit to Senator Hoar, VINO
urged him to insist upon a recount.
TO The Spy man Mr.. Walker sai4i
"My friends have urged me to ask for
a recount, a large number of republic
cans calling upon me today. Personally,
have taken no steps in the snatteP.
and it now rests in their hands. l'er-
sonally, prefer not to have recount.
and if one is made it will be at the re-
quest of the party leaders,
In speaking of the. causes Of his ds-
feat, Mr. Walker said: Any man " no
is not a lawyer has no business TO take
the office for he viii be nagged at con-
tinuaily. The lawyers have been deter
mined to get me out and get one q
their own number into the place and
at last they have succeeded. | decided
to be a candidate for reelection only
after I found that no one in the party
had been mentioned as a candidate.
Soon after I had announced my caEdt-
dacy, however, notice was served or ms
to get out, by a man representing those
who have now defeated the party. All
this was before the convention but no