The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-01
!. K. Churchill
Nominated.
BY THE DE MOCRACY.
End Of All Hopes Tor a Git
liens Ticket.

That entry on the ticket, election day,
will serve a tvo-fold purpose, standing
at once as a monument to the memory
of the dear departed citizens move
ment and marking the sacrifice Of d
good man to the furtherance Of a fruit
less cause. The nomination was made
yesterday at a meeting Of the special
committee of u.s. appointed at the dem
ocratic city convention Tuesday night
Early yesterday morning Genial James
James Heavyweight Mellen, the non
orable presentatiVe-elect TO the great
and general court. arose, girded his
loins and started on the trail of dem
ocratic candidate for the high and emp
ty office of mayorslty nominee. For
hours the honorable the representative
elect tore around like q bee in barrel
but to no purpose, and when he APP
peared before the committee al noon
covered with snow and perspiration, II
was simply to announce: Gentlemen,
We are in a bad plight. We have not a
candidate Major Fairbanks says he
will not accept the nomination"
To say that this announcement
caused d stir in the meeting is putting
it lightly. Major Fairbanks had been
relied upon to come to the front as
mayoralty candidate, and the an
nouncement that he had refused to do
so was a blow below the belt. The hon
orable presentative-elect realizing
his imp0tency to move the major early
in the game appealed to Congressman
elect Thayer, and he waited upon the
major to induce him, if possible, to
stand at the head Of a citizens ticket.
But citizens or democratic tickets. the
major had no use for them, and he re-
fused to allow the use of his name, not
only when appealed to by Mr. Thayer,
but also when seen by Oscar T. Raw
son, in the interests Of the citizens "
As last resort, at the meeting yester-
day morning, Major Fairbanks was
waited upon by Daniel r. Rourke and
finally induced to appear before the
meeting BY the honorable James
heavyweight Mellen. the major was
notified of the full power vested in the
committee and their desire that he take
the nomination. In reply. Major Fair
bahhs thanked the committee for the
honor they would confer upon him. but
declared very emphatically that if
would be impossible for him to accent
lhe nomination He stated that for
business ana other reasons he could not
think of entering upon a campaign.
with the majors refusal the last
glimpse OF land disappeared and the
committee was all at sea Severa
names We're mentioned as those of pos.
SipIe candidates, among them beinl
Iuat OF A. A. Bheutan and that o.
Richard Healy. The organization Of tbt
committee was effected bv the cboir,
OF the honorable James Heavvwpigh
Mellen as chairman and J. Hem,
Meagher as secretary. Fifteen of tn,
eighteen members were. present at III,
meeting, which was held in deuooc,,at II,
headquarters @ =
After the matter had been thorough
~ discussed and hope nearly abandone,
the name of Captain ChurchiI va,
mentioned. 1t caught on like a DorU
plaster. and in less time than II take
TO tell it, the Honorable James TTea{-,,
weight Mellen was at the telenhona q n,
capt Churchill was on his wav ovar +,
democratic headquarters. That was a
Low COCK and at 2, Capt Churchill
NdS llie nominee of the Democrat,
parry LOT mayor When the captain en-.
ITIeu the room the Honorable Jane,
heavyweight Mellen yoicine his ori,,'
Ion, and incidentally that of M ~,
mlttee addressed him as if tbe contat,
We're the house of represantatives r.
spoke unusly: Captain Churchill at tbt
coANehuop last evening this conornitta(
was empowered to nominate a candi.
udIe Lof mayor, and the committee bas
nominated you for the office of M,
magistrate Of the city"
In reply Capt. Churchill Thanked III.
committee for the honor conferred mo,
MN ana said that although he vas W.
poIlicIah ne was democrat and ,,-o,i6
40 ms duty by his party Then The hon
o al James assured the new nor1inee
tlldt Ne would have the support of H.
tpliiIlittJee ana lhat if they watched fol
t ~ W an SPoIs III the enemy's lines and
tdcNied low they would surely vii, -
1t was voted to hold a ioir+ 49, W., ~
OF the special committee and III ~
committee at headquarters thie az, ilS
ning at o'clock. '''i9 eve
When seen by a Spy man afte, hi,
nomination, Capt. Churchill said ,.,til
IloIllhatlon was a great surprise In me
!. am HOT politician, / am mo nil
llonalre; | am simply an honast ~,
Iishl' nard-Working, hard-fsted so,, ~
the SOIL did not look for the no,,,il
IlalIon, ana regard it as a great bonar
! pfide myself on the fact that IN, !,
democrat, and when 10 Of the dep1ocla+ e
" WoleestGr' by unanimous voice. ASK
me 10 stand as the head of their ticket
regard 1t as matter of IovaItv r.
party and must do so. The Snv ie ,,,,
f foea, ol d newspaper, have read il
t lor years. Ot course, I realize that i
nays Ia great ODDS to contend against but
an VI, l ask Tor is fair treatment"
t,, J" hen asked il he counted to any ex-
5gnu upon republican votes. Cant
SluIclllll replied: "Of course, / have
many friends who are republicans. but
am a democrat
CaPlam James X. Churchill is too
wen known to the residents OF Worcas-
ter to need Introduction. He was bo,,,