The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-03
BY ONE.
Call Tor
Rheutan.
/ CITY COMMITTEE
Rigidly Scrutinizes Names
on His Papers.

Yesterday it was a case of nonlina-
lion papers or nothing, and strange to
say the majority of the alleged polite
fans drew nothing.
The papers filed before the expiration
Of the time limit, o'clock, yesterday
afternoon were surprisingly few. being
outside of the papers of the socialist
labor party only two in number. These
We're the papers of A. A. Rheutan, the
Independent candidate for alderman.
Wand Thomas Dean, the independent
candidate for councilman in ward 4.
As was told in yesterdays Spy the
Efforts of Chairman Charles Tatman
Failed to work with Mr.. Rheutan He
Wouldn't withdraw and he didn't with
sdraw; he got out and sawed wood.
DIT Tatman also got out and
hustled. He was in pretty good trim.
but Mr.. Rheutan got the pole in the toss
up for positions and held it to the fin
ish. Then the chairman began to chafe.
and threw Shoe, and the game was
up as far as he was concerned. The
first and second quarters We're the hot
test kind and the crowd lost sight of
the competitors in the dust cloud On
.the three-quarter the machine cham
pion showed signs Of weakness. Slowly
but surely the independent forged
ahead and coming down the home
Stretch he took the bits in his teeth and
led for the tape, winning by a neck
The machine favorite covered with
foam finished a close second. and notice
was given of a contest over the award
Of the purse.
A jockey might have taken the
above view of yesterdays develop
ments in the Rheutan-Tatman scrap
AT the present writing, Mr. Rheutan
IS on top. In the face Of perhaps the
bitterest opposition ever encountered
by a candidate for Office running on
domination papers, he secured his nom
ination yesterday by one name. The
hustle for names was = fierce one foc
the machine was out to prevent his
getting them. Mr. Higgins, who has
Mr. Rheutan's campaign in charge. put
up the hustle of his life, and in all
128 names We're secured, among them
some of the best men in the city. Four
were thrown out on technical points by
the registrars at the city hall, put ia
y were certified to, This was one more
than the number required, and MI
Rheutan'S nomination was assured. No
4 sooner had it become evident to Mr.
Tatman that he had lost in the fight
.
going to the city hall, made a copy Of
4 the list of names secured by Mr.. Rheu-
tan, saying that he proposed to ascer-
tain how many Of them were republi-
4 cans in good standing. He did not say
! what he proposed to do when he had
found out, but the outcome is not hard
to surmise, and there will doubtless
be the hottest kind Of a time as the
result of the little passage at arms
between Mr.. Rheutan and Mr.. Tatman
/ If sufficient grounds can be found for
such action, a protest from Mr.. Tat
man is looked for.
The signers OF the papers of Thomas
. F. Dean include many Of the most
. prominent democrats in the city, and it
. Is evident that Mr.. Dean is going to
make a strong fight for election. Mi
chael ]. Russell is one of the signers
and will doubtless throw his support
10 Mr.. Dean. The Socialist labor party
papers fairly bristled with names, and
1t is evident that the movement is
gaining ground this year,