The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-13

sior. The republicans and democrats
| should pool their issues In the legisla-
| ture for the help Of the country. Only
week ago q staunch republican la
mented the fact that Massachusetts is
| pledged for twenty-seVen millions to
place acres of Worcester county under
| water that Boston may have a water
/ supply. 1t is time that this city realized
! its impotency TO send strong men to
the legislature. Today, gentlemen, you
are staggering under a heavy debt
| Your taxes have been increased and
many man here has been pinched to
meet them. To my mind the Black
/ stone river sewer system is an injustice
| to Worcester, but this city Is powerless
to cope with such things until she sends
strong men to the fore.
/ If selected as your representative,
| gentlemen, it shall be my constant en-
deavor to look after the interests of the
> taxpayers in this city and county. am
exceedingly obliged to you for the honor
you have conferred upon me tonight
and if elected shall endeavor to prove
myself worthy Of your confidence.
WARD 5.
| George B. Farmer called the caucus
to order last evening at $40 o'clock,
with about IA voters in the ward room,
/ in the Lamartine street police station,
and Michael A. O'Rourke was made
secretary of the caucus.
| Great difficulty was experienced in
getting the voters out, and II votes
was the total received by the demo
cratic candidate for representative,
James f Carberry.
/ It was quiet caucus, there were
| hardly enough present for any noise,
and the meeting was hustled along only
through the assistance of newspaper
men, who went out together in a re-
, spectable-looking crowd to renominate
| Representative Carberry.
The candidate had no opposition, and
! at the end of the business session he
| spoke to the voters, thanking them for
their renewed support and stating that,
| If elected, he would represent the dis
trict to the best of his ability.
WARD 6.
| Seven voters attended the ward 6 eau
GUS which was held at the Freeland
street school house, and as an example
/ of democratic discord even with that
number there could not be harmony
and James e. Estabrook, who was the
regular candidate for representative
failed to be the unanimous choice of the
| voters.
1t was a peculiar caucus in some way
| in that there were only three voters
| -
selves. One of those left the ward room
Immediately after voting and the two
others remained to the finish when the
vote was announced.
Each one Of the ward officers wore the
gravity of chief Justice, and the clerk
wrote the minutes of the meeting with
the elaboration and care which would
/ do credit to a clerk of the supreme
court. Such solemnity in the exercise of
the electoral franchise has seldom been
equalled, and when the vote was an
nounced revealing a party difference,
even then the seriousness of the situa-
ton was undimmed. The nomination of
an Independent candidate by the demo-
Gratis failed to materialize, but the
tlcket was divided. OF the seven votes
cast James e. Esterbrook received !.
John H. Gray of 104 Cambridge street. /.
and there was one blank ballot.
The polls We're open a half hour The
caucus officers were: Warden, Nicholas
Fl. Witty; clerk, William J. B. Muir
ply; inspectors, Patrick 2. Kneeland
| and T. B. F. Boland.
WARD 7.
Democrats in ward are either sure
of their strength, or have given UP all
hope At the caucus held in Chandler
street school house last night, the
voters turned out in full force. The polls
opened at 7.30 o'clock with a full at
tendance of managers. There was an
other man there, too, and a policeman
to preserve order
The votes came thick and fast until
about 7.S5, when there was an appreci-
able falling off. At S15 the polls were
closed and the officials sat down to
count the votes. After a sufficient
amount of time had elapsed. the vote
was announced, and 7. H. Hall of 4
Murray avenue was declared unani-
mously nominated to the candidacy for
representative to the general court by
a vote of FIVE The box was then sealed
and conveyed by the policeman to the
city's clerks office.
WARD s.
| Although the polls were kept open
| the requisite 80 minutes provided bv
law, but eight of the faithful took in
terest enough in their candidate to
make their appearance at democratic
F., headquarters, A Front street, where
| the caucus was held.
The handful of voters present at 7.30
o'clock were called to order by War
den Charles ]. Nourse. Joshua O'Leary
acted as secretary and jeremiah Healv
was appointed inspector. The polls
We're then declared open and during
the half hour they were open the vot-
! ers dropped in and attended to their
duty. The polls were closed promptly
at o'clock and the result of the count
showed that eight ballots had been
cast. all for Frank Fl. Kelley, and he
was declared the nominee of the caucus
to the general court. The caucus adj
iourned at sos o'clock
--E.1IA
! OPEN SEASON IN SPENCER.
The foot ball team of the Worcester
parochial school will start its season
| this week, Saturday, when the boys viii