The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-01
HIS SIDE.
G. +. Fairbanks, Jr.:
Has His Say.
MISREPRESENTED
And Not Understood in
"Citizens" Scheme.

can Club, feels that he has been placed
before the public in false light. He
is certain that people do not UNDER
stand the real reasons why he resigned
from the republican town committee.
i intend" said Mr.. Fairbanks, to the
correspondent of The Spy, tonight, to
place the burden of this citizens ticket
movement where it belongs. People
think | am responsible for it, and that
it was L who proposed and backed it.
On the contrary, I opposed the idea of
the republican town committee going
INTO the citizens ticket business. The
scheme originated with S. Ives Wal
lace, and not with me-
What Mr.. Fairbanks says in this in
terview, he will repeat he says. in a
statement over his name, which he will
send to the local newspaper tomorrow,
in order to give his views as much pub
llelty as is to be had from an addi-
tonal publication of them.
This frank expression of Mr.. Fair
banks position will be a sensation
among men of both parties, and will
pc read with interest by everybody who
LolloWS politics in even a half-hearted
way -''' ~ u
Mr.. Fairbanks has been a member of
tne town committee for years. He is
past master in the political game as
IL is locally eXemplified. He knows the
inti1cacleS OF the registration laws. and
the qualifications of the clioues into
Wnlch this town is divided by innumer-
aple and sometimes hardly distinp1Iisb
able lines of demarkation
Mf. Fairbanks is in the anomalous no.
sltlon TO which he objects. because he
mas charge of one copy of the manifes
~ py Whlch 1t is proposed to ascertain
republican sentiment.
Mr.. Fairbanks SAYS this is how II
happened; The matter of citizens
ticket was preached in the meeting of
the committee by Mr.. Wallace He
onoggnt citizens ticket would be a
| did not think so. said: The
repupllcan town committee has no
right to go into the citizens tickat
business. It's not what we're mt here
to do" put mere
But l agreed to abide by the decision
OF the committee, whatever if mieht
pe. Inc vote was overwhelmingly with
MI wallace. Then l was named on a
committee to ascertain the sentiment.
L accepted, but l said
II won't do this thing as a men,be,
of the republican town committees II
would be a breach of trust: and I re-
signed.
say this in order that the burden
shall be placed where it belongs. If il
is good thing to have a citizens tic
ket, ! 90 NOT deserve the credit; if it
IS pad thing 1 do not deserve the
blame.
The citizens ticket will never be
porn, or, if it is, the babe will be a
weakling and will never live to be
weaned
Some, indeed many, substantial cit
lzens favor citizens ticket. and think
1t would be beneficial thing. More
want it, because they think if WON'T
happen. The sentiment of a few strict
party men is summed in the line of the
old poem, will they do it. dare thew
do ito"
There will be nothing in the failure
OF the citizens movement to discour-
age the town committee. 1t will pick
up the arrow and the sword and fight
it out on partisan lines as of wore,
Neil Walker is the authority for This
statement. Mr.. Walker is also author
! lty for the fact already printed in The
| Spy, that no departure will be made
from established precedent, unless
there is warrant in party sentiment.
Supt george w. Burgess is making
an investigation into the identity of
! several boys who We're seen in the act
of tampering with the signals recently
| installed for the purpose of preventing
collision between the cars of the
| Worcester and Clinton and Leominster
and Clinton, on the track they use in
| common. He has a description of the
incipient trolley car wreckers, and will
| do his best to make things warm where
/ he Ind 1OIa
The signal is red light III a box
When the light shows there is car in
| the block. When 1t does not show the
block is clear The conductor of the
car that enters turns a SWITCH and the
| light shows.
Last Thursday the boys were seen
| turning she switch on their own hook.
Frederick s. Osborn, who drives for
the Eureka laundry, happened along in
time. The boys had just turned the
lights on. When they saw Mr.. Osborn
they turned them off again and took
leg leave. Mr.. Osborn realized the
danger in this sort of experiment and
informed Mr.. Burgess.
The statute law imposes severe pen
alties for tampering with the signals Of
electric or other railroads.
The Clinton section, socialist labor
/ party, is preparing to put it's ticket into
the field. The section will nominate to
all the principal town offices. which are
to be filled by the electors in March.
They are pursuing the plan and policy
that was printed exclusively in The
Spy about 10 days ago.
Private Martin II. Garvey left for
New York this morning. The list of the
dead of the Ninth regiment who are
buried in Cuba had not arrived. Capt.
| Cannon thinks it will come in time to
reach Garvey in New York.
Tomorrow the town will be covered
with a neat folder, advertising the Gin
| ton hospital bazaar to be held in town
hall, Feb. 2 and 3. This inscription is on
the first page: 1T will be this way:
The object always in view will be
charity, an intelligent organized char
ity, combining the Kindness of the Good
Samaritan with the best medical meth
DDS and appliances of the ending CEN
fury. The bazar opens Thursday night
in town and Bigelow halls. with a hot
! turkey supper with all the fixin's on
the European plan. The supper will be
served from to 10. The bazaar will be
in town hall from 8 to TO- Thursday and
! Friday evenings. Thursday night the
pantomime Cinderella will be given
with the following cast:
Prince Charming .....E. r. b. Allardiee
Gn love with Cinderella.)
Ye King .....................S. Ives Wallace
Qfather to prince)
Gentlemen OF We court. M. v. Bastian
VI, ". ! spaulding, w. II Withamas -
! Ye Attendant. ...........G. Il. Richardson
! Ye Queen. ......,..........M Mrs. G. w. Morse
Mother TO prince)
Ladies of We court Miss Marguerite f. Ste
vens Miss Annie A. Dervin, Miss Char
lotto r. Tufts.
Baroness Hildcgarde.
Mrs r. 4. Cunningham
(Stcpmother to Cinderela.l
Ladye lrmintrude. Miss Leonora Teasdale