The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
COUNCIL CHANGES.
Some Old Members to Retire and others
to Co Higher.

The complexion of the present com
mon council is to be materially changed
the coming year if the desires of the
present members are to be respected.
The terms of half of the members ex-
pire and only one has thus far ex-
pressed a desire to retire to private
life and rest content with the honors
already won.
Frank p. Williamson in ward one has
expressed no desire to be promoted, and
there will Undoubtedly be a vacancy
to be filled at the coming municipal
caucuses next month. Already six of
those who go out of the board this year
have announced their desire to become
candidates for the higher board or
have been brought forward by their
| friends as possibilities in that direc-
| ton
| There promises to be three-cornered
| contest in ward one for the place made
vacant by the expiration of the term
of Frank E. Williamson. The candi-
dates which have been mentioned and
who are doing some work in their own
! interests are Noble E. Jaques, George
Alfred Busby and Dwight P. Allen, all
of whom are somewhat well
| known in politics from the work they
have done inlthe past for the further
ance of party interests. Mr.. Jaques
was for many years a member of the
| city committee. Mr. Busby has been
a prominent member of the
| Young Mems Republican Club, and has
| taken an active part in political work.
| He is a fluent speaker. and is well post
ed on all of the questions that are liza
Bile to be brought to the attention of
the common council during the coming
| year, and is besides, good business
man. Dwight Allen has been promi-
nently connected with committees that
have had in charge the selection of
suitable candidates for the mayoralty,
and is well known to politicians
| throughout the city. He is said, how
ever, not to be strong candidate in
the ward, although his former work
may aid him in securing the nomina-
ton. Mr.. Busby is we'll spoken Of by
all classes of voters, and but for the
fact that some otherwise staunch re-
publicans sometimes draw the color
| line on candidates, he would undoubt-
edly receive large support Mr. Jaques
has been for some time actively at
work, and his friends claim that his
chances are exceedingly good.
In ward two, Sanford C. Kendall is
| announced as an aldermanic possibility,
active work looking to an active can
yass, he is quietly sounding the leaders,
and if the ground looks as favorable as
at presens, when the time comes he will
actively enter the field
| Councilman John Rivard is under
stood to be a candidate for reelection
in ward five, but he is not to retain
his seat without a contest, so the
friends of William ]. Bragg assert. for
they feel that Mr.. Bragg from the work
ne has done as member of the city
committee for several years is entitled
to recognition.
There is to be one, and, perhaps. two
vacancies in the council representa-
tion from ward during the coming
year. John Back is strongly spoken of
| as winning aldermanie candidate. NOT
alone among the leaders in his ward
but among those who have followed
| his career and work in the lower board
during the past years. Some of the
| more conservative politicians go so far
as to say that if he is candidate he
| will receive the largest republican vote
| The term of Frank M. Heath also ex
| pires with this year, but he will prob
| ably be returned, as is the custom
| where men of his ability prove their
worth in municipal affairs If James
| Hunt, the republican candidate for the
| Legislature, is successful at the polls
| OF Wnlcn IHefe seems TO be no doubt
there will be an unexpired term of one
year to be filled in this ward also. There
| is nothing to preclude his holding both
offices, but it is usual to distribute hon
ors so far as is possible. The name
| that has been prominently mentioned
| for one of these terms is that of James
| r. Orr, who was for some time a mem
| Der of the republican city committee
Mr.. Orr has large business interests
which demand his attention and If 10
not known whether he would care to
accept a seat in the council with all its
attendant duties. James Harrop, who
was mentioned for the legislature this
year, but who resigned in favor of the
other candidates, is understood to be a
1 Should he ccnciude To make a run for