The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-08
All Chances for Cit.
Zens' Ticket
DEPART IN CLINTON
Socialist Labor Party Again
to the Front.

Clinton. Feb. 1T ea1 be stated with
absolute certainty. tonight. that there
Will be 10 citizens ticket In the heid
The fast chance that there mlgnr be s9r
such Z ticket ceased when those mem
uaers II the republican and democratic
seHn committees, VINO believed that .
citizens ticket would be an excellent
thing decided that the movement had
been postponed until too late u permit
its becoming effective
Nov that the negotiations that were
certainly IN progress are concluded i
vlll do no harm 10 betrsy the fact that
: majority of both town committees
earnestly hoped that q citizens ticket
might b put into the field.
Both committees desired apparently
with sincerity that there might be Al
agreement Dy which the interests II
tne town could be cOna6ed 70 q non
partisan body d representzrive citiz-
ems. ana 4 ticket nominated without Re-
gard 70 clique Or parry. The first e.
fort IN this direction sss the effort u
the republican town committee 70 as
certain the sentiment Of republicans.
THIS sentiment was not altogether ad-
verse.
Then the democratic town committee.
through several 81 it members, went
10 work 70 ascertain the feeling Of the
representative citizens Of us own party.
This feeling was distinctly favorable
When This work was accomplished.
nut t~o weeks remained to the time
R'nsn al nominations must be fled in
conformity with law. Two weeks. il
was concluded, was far too little time
IN which 10 arrange the detail Of a mat
ter - important. a committee Of repre-
sentative citizens would have 10 be as
hembled. and . mass meeting called.
One excellent result" said mem
Der Of the republican town committee,
tonight has come cut Of the negotia-
tons looking 70 Z citizens ticket. that
j. the better feeling that reigns be-
tween the organizations"
IL is well understood here row. that
ms campaign viii BE- waged without
the bitter partisansnip that has made
Town elections in Clinton by-word
and kissing IN the minds Of half the
people o. the town A certain bitter
ness will be exploited in personal feudg.
? but there will be more bad blood as
between members Of the same marty
than between the parties Town Chair
man ). Ives Wallace rs convinced. and
ne represents the committee that the
thing for republicans 10 do is 10 uur
- N.tSiDNs4i4E is>tSlEfsFlE StlNG ticket.
nominating every man On his merits.
ana Githout regard to cliQues. Demo-
Gratis are Of much the same mind II
is safe To say that there VIII be less
trading and fewer deals made than in
any town election In the last 10 years.
II Was The Spy that printed excIu-
sively the news that the sociaIist Ia bor
party would put a town ticket INTO tbe
neid. The information was printed
contemporaneously with the fnforrna-
ilon that the socialists had filed in the
once 0f the town clerk the names Of
their town committee The news was
Hist questioned Dy other newspapers.
theE u was wondered If the socialists
would really do It, Nevertheless Inc
faet rs as The Spy printed it. Tho re-
quest OF the socialist labor MARTY fo,
Inc use Of Town Hall Feb. ~ Is b11t
another step in the direction Of the
licket they had practically Determined
~ nominate when they filed the names
Of their town committee.
The funeral Of Enoch X. Gibbs tool,
pace from his home on North Main
street at rs this afternoon A Iarge
number Of the relatives and friends ~
me deceased were assembled when PEI,
N. flowers began the last service
The Obsequies were however roade ae
quiet as possible BY the wish az NJ
Gibbs expressed in his lifetime. Three
~ ms sons were among the palI-bear-
ers, Albion w. Gibbs. for more than IN
years commercial traveller. WiIIis n
y. dlpbs' president Of the Gibbs Loom
Harness Reed Company. Clinton. and
E1Ward NJ Gibbs Of Worcester The
otner bearers were Rutherford u
Gibbs nephew, and Oscar Lawrence
Of Worcester
Dr Gibbs was deputy sheriff Of
Worcester county for 80 years. untfl
lsss Among those present at his fun
eral we're. Sheriff X. II. Chamberlain.
worcester Major y. j. Dwinnell.
fitcnburg. and Deputy Sheriff Charles
A. Bartlett, ~ this town. The inter
ment was IN Woodlawn cemetery.
John A. Gannop and James A. Nc
Cullough have gone into the business
of checking clothing. They are mem
ners Of st. Johns r. A. & NJ. A. Asso-
CARTON and will open business at the
dance 70 be given by the society Feb
The police searched in vain last night
Tor the paripatetic fireman VINO has
been begging Of fire departments he
tween this place and Fitchburg. CHIEF
murphy thinks the fellow got out of
town as soon as he received dollar
from Engineer Walter F. Paige.
Judge c. G. Stone sent Mary Ann
Lynn TO Sherborn, this morning. when
she appeared In the district court,
charged with being drunk. When
Chief Murphy raided the Lynn home
on Sterling street. Saturday night. ana
arrested John Lynn for selling llauor
without license he found Mary Ann
very drunk She had her three-year-
old child with her. The chief did not
cause her arrest Al the moment be-
cause he did not want the child to be-
come the charge Of the police denart !
ment This morning provision fni inc
chlld having been made at neigh
bor's, he arrested the woman on "a war
rant, She pleaded earnestly to be- al
lowed 70 go. She said she would get
work IN a min and support the child.