The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-20
CAUCUSES
Will Occur ON
Saturday.
WARD COMMITTEES
Do Not Change in Number
Of Members.

The membership Of the various re-
publican ward committees will consist
Of three members for the present, at
least, as result Of a special meeting
OF the city committee, held last even
| ms to consider the matter. Chairman
Charles T. Tatman and Alexander II.
Bullock, two Of the members of the
ward eight committee were unable
to be present, and an effort was made
TO postpone action ON the question of
The enlargement of the committee IN
| I'll their return from New Haven later
IN the evening, but this was consid-
cred unjust to the members present,
ana Wordy discussion of the subject
ensued
A communication was read from
Chairman Goettlng Of the republican
state central committee, in which he
gave as his personal opinion, backed
up by the opinion Of Secretary Of State
DIN, that the city committee had the
right to incorporate in the call for she
municipal cauouses, a minute to the
effect that the voters should choose five
members Of the ward committee in
place of three. 1t was shown later,
however, that Secretary DIN had not
given an opinion in regard to the mat
ter.
Opinions were shown from Alfred S.
PinkertOn, Ledyard Bill and David
Manning, to the effect that the COM
mittee was over-stepping it's province
In debating to the voters the number
of members it should choose for the
ward committee. At the meeting held
last Monday evening, the matter of an
increase was laid on the table. On
being taken from the table and sub
mitted to vote last night, the motion
to augment the committees was lost by
a yea and nay vote Of II to 3. Messrs.
Sisson, Bragg and Headlund alone vot-
ing for the increase.
The attention of the members of the
committee was called to the fact that
through some misunderstanding of the
caucus law the time Of holding the
caucuses had been selected contrary to
law. The law says that in cities, except
Boston, certificates of nominate for
city offices shall be filed on or before
the second Wednesday,; and nomination
papers on or before the second Friday
preceding the day of election. The
city election this year comes on Dec.
18th, and in order to conform to the
INV, IL Will De NECESSARY TO HOlQ the
caucuses three days earlier than as at
first planned. The committee decided
to change the date Of the caucuses to
Saturday evening Nov 26th. at 7.45
p. M, and to hold the municipal con
vention on the Wednesday following
Nov. Both
At the suggestion Of the four candi-
dates for the common council from
ward eight, new departure is to be
made in the method of voting for that
Office. In place of separate ballots foI
each candidate, and in order to insure
secrecy in voting, the following clause
is to be inserted in the call: I'm each
of the even-numbered wards, two can
didates for the common council will be
nominated, Only one ballot box will
be provided for ballots for common
council, and in said even-numbered
wards, each voter will be allowed ia
cast but one ballot for said Office, said
ballot to bear the names of not more
than two candidates"
In order to conform to the law in the
matter of publication, the call was
posted in several conspicuous places
about the city late last evening, and
will also be published in the papers.