The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-18
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because they did not want to come,
| and Senator w. J. Donovan took the
same view. The motion was then with
| drawn by Mr.. Keliher. 1t was voted
to proceed to ballot.
A motion for a recess of Is minutes
was voted down. Messrs. Kane, Dooling
| and Mclaughlin We're appointed a COM
mittee ON ballots. The first ballot was
| then taken. 1t was an informal one.
and 46 votes We're cast. Bruce had 10
votes Collins H. ]. r. Murphy 6, j. B.
Carroll 3, w. S. McNary and T. w.
Flood 2. I-ea
Mr. Keliher moved for a recess. Mr..
Callinane protested. and so did Mr.
| Mansfield, and after some talk it was
defeated, IA to %. Mr., Lomasney
moved to proceed to ballot and the
gentleman receiving the highest num-
Der of votes to be declared the nom
| inee of the caucus. Senator Donovan
protested vehemently. He thought the
motion not in order anyway. He said
the tactics of the gentleman were I'M
fair and not right
Mr.. Lomasney said he had not in
tended to say anything, but the ex-
IRENE ignorance Of. the last speaker led
him to rise. The question of Mr.
Donovan, if this motion was IN order
indicated to him thot his GDonovan's)
education had been sadly neglected
Mr.. Donovan arose in heat and said
1t was we'll known that this man (point-
ing to Lcmasney) never avoided by the
will of the majority. He had chis own
peculiar tactics and training in politics,
and Mr.. Donovan said he himself had
never been trained IN that school, as
eXemplifled in ward g.
One of the members at this point in
the colloquy between the two Boston
men, raised the point OF order that Mr..
Donovan was not speaking to the ques-
tlon, which Mr.. Mellen sustained, and
ne added a word of caution in regard to
the advisability of the motion, which
led Mr.. Lomasney 10 withdraw it, The
next ballot showed Is votes for Bruce,
10 for Collins, 6 for Murphy, for Car
roll, for Flood and / for McNary. j.
). TWomey moved to proceed to bal
lot, and the two highest men on that
ballot be the only ones voted for on
the succeeding ballot.
This raised a storm Of protests. Mil
Ter Of Boston declared that no man
could deprive him of his right to vote
for anybody he wished to vote for. Sen
ator Hague wanted TO know if the mo-
ton was in order. Chairman Melen
ruled that it was. II any votes were
cast for any others than the two can
didates then it would not be counted,
if the vote were passed.
Mr.. Miller said he proposed to vote
for whom he wished, and If any one at ,
tempted to prevent him he wouldstake
the consequences, If harmony was
wanted, this was not the way tho get
1t. The motion was rejected by an
overwhelming vote.
The next ballot resulted in II for1N
Bruce, 10 for Collins, for Murphy!
FOR Flood, 3 for McNary, Z for Carol
and l for George S. Boutwell,.
II was after the sixth ballot that Mr.
keiiher arose and read the member;
OF the democratic party caustic lee. 4
lure FOR their undignihed behavior In
turning this caucus into farce. He
sald the effect it was going to have on
1he public was to make the party
laughing stock. This voting for men
VINO had no standing, men who are buf.
ICONS in their community, he {. iticisei
IN sharp sharp and effective language.
me next ballot saw Il concentrate
OF strength, and the nomination o.
Bruce The ballots: