The Worcester spy., 1898-10-11


those kilograms and went to Barre the
day the caucus was to be held. He takes
those Telegralns and puts them In ev-
cry store in the town and at the caucus
in the night; they were in the caucus
room, and he knew it was so, because
the Telegram said so, and that town l
thought 1 was just as sure as was OF
my native town of North Brookfield,
went against me by two or three votes,
and SO / lost my nomination, and 1t
lost me my place in congress.
HIS NERVE WAS GOOD.
Mr.. cristy sat with me one day 60
ing over to New York; you
think that is strange. Well, the cheek and
nerve of that man is unparalleled Cap
plause), and said; What are you sit
ting down here for?" 'tWell," he said,
''f saw you in the dining car at lunch,
and / thought I would have little chat
with you" ] said: We'll, have moth
ing to say to you Why did you pub
lish that statement in the Telegram!
Well, he didn't know, it might be the
work OF some of The boys, but he sald:
II know it was not so. knew 1t was
only a joke. But the fools VINO read
my paper believed it, and l think they
do today" (Applause.)
Well, you think that is Laughing
matter, but my 6eod friend Deacon
White, who is very worthy man III
every respect, who TWO years ago was
chairman of my campaign commltIee,
tells me that there was not oay
passed and there has not been week
passed since that ne has not had 10 re-
fute that vile SANDER in the city OF
Worcester by man after man who
knows and insists on it that Mr.. Bates
is really a very intemperate man. tnal
his very looks show it, that he carries
the sign around with him.
Now. l know there are people IN TINS
audience, l see one man here peIore
me, and / am glad to see them, De-
cause think rhsy may believe me uh-
der these circumstances. But see
one man from ward l who refused 10
vote for my friend, Deacon White, In
the caucus a. few days ago, because he
was a friend and supporter of Mr.
Bates, that inteinperate and dissolute
fellow.
NEVER TOUCHED A DROP.
Now. 1 do not claim any credit for
not being an Incorporate man, but
there are a few things l wish to say
about that. l think I know the sa-
cred character o. an oath. l have been
for upwards of 25 years justice OF
the peace, appointed by dinerent gov
ernors and confirmed by their council
and I think 1 know the sacred charac-
ter of an oath, ard 1 stand before my
fellow-citizens in my native county OF
Worcester tonight and say what l
think 1 never was called upon to say
IN public before, aud probably shall not
neain. that, Notwithstanding have
been around the world considerably
and under many peculiar and soclaole
circumstances, thot / can hold up my
hand and swear before God and man
and YOU. that | never drank drop OF
rum in my life. (Applause)
So. my good friend, who sits in front
Of me, a very near neighbor of mines
who refused to vote for Deacon White
because of Mr.. Bates, the dissolute rel-
low, will please go away from here to-
night with a changed idea in that re-
spect, that of the many faults l may
have, that of being an Incorporate man
is not one of them. (Applause.)
There were a great many other things
brought up by my friend Cristy, 1
90 not know as you would be willing
TO remain to hear all Of them dis
cussed. There were very many other
things mentioned by him that were
on Just about or almost identically the
same lines. I will speak Of one or two
Of them a little later, but l now wish
to refer to the fact of what occurred
in the convention.
Millbury elected Bates delegates and
the delegates in the convention threw
them out They had Just votes enough
to do it, and by that means, In part, If
not in whole, succeeded in nominating
Mr. Rice There was a great deal of
intense bitter feeling on account of it,
and when Mr.. Rice was nominated 1T
was realized that he had got to do an
immense amount of work to secure his
of tao1Vr
success they commenced a series of
procedures any one of which was suf-
ficient to have prevented his election.
KEPT HIM OUT.
In the first place, they objected to
my being made g member of the con-
gressional district committee, but that
they could not help, and was put on
the committee. The comEl!ttee was or
ganized with Mr.. George p. Ladd of
Spencer as chairman and Col Fred w.
Wellington as secretary, and I forget
the other members of the committee,
but very soon after the convention an
effort was mado to induce Mr. Rice to
enter vigorously into the campaign
which seemed necessary. Now, our
young friend, who wanted I should tell
him about how I defeated Mr.. Rice, 1
hope he is present and will give close
attention, for 1 am going to tell him
how that happened L urged upon Mr..
Ladd the Importance of having a vig~
orous campaign, that he should call
upon the lawyers and see how many
of them would consent to be listed and
called upon when wanted to go into
various towns in this district. Mr.. Rice
did nothing. He had very large plu-
rality in his election before and he
deemed it unnecessary to do anything.
I wrote Mr.. Ladd on the l6th of Octo-
ber, as follows:
Worcester, Mass, Oct. Is, 1885,
George P. Ladd, ESQ.,, Spencer, Mass:
letter from j. M. Cochran, esq, of
Southbridge. Mass, saying he has an
old tariff speech that he used in New
Hampshire last presidential cam
paign, and in Warren, this state, and
he SAYS he can reburnlsh it and use
II a few nights within reasonable dis
tance of Southbridge If he is wanted.
And this reminds me that it might be
well to either have q meeting of our
congressional district committee, and
have our secretary or you see our law
yers and such as might speak and is
sue circular to the town committees,
and then if they do not call for any
meeting, it will be the fault of the
town committees, and if the lawyers
declined to be listed. it would not be
our fault.
think you better come down Mon
day afternoon and have an interview
with r. w. wellington and
Yours truly,
7. c. Bates.
To this letter I received the follow
ing reply:
URGED TO SPEAK.
once of George P. Ladd. woolen man
ufacturer.
Spencer, Mass. Oct. 26, 1885.
Hon Theodore c. Bates Worcester.