The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-28
Three PETITIONS
A Big Effort Being Made BY
Friends of Col. brennan to
Retain Him in Office
S0N-IN-LAW ACTIVE
AMONG BUSINESS MEN
The Lawyers and Ministers Also
Sign Petitions in Favor of Re-
tanning Him as Chief

Col. James M. Drennan's friends got
down to business yesterday and three
petitions were in circulation during the
day, asking for his reappointment as
chief of police of Worcester. One was
circulated among the ministers of the
city and is in charge of w. e. Oakley,
superintendent of the Welcome Mis-
sion. One is being circulated among
the lawyers and the list of signers was
published in yesterday mornings Spy,
and the third is being circulated among
the business men in charge of A. S.
Lowell, Chief Drennan'S son-1n-law.
The petition among the business men
which was started yesterday reads as
follows:
ITO His Honor the Mayor
1.-THE undersigned would respectfully
request that Col. James NJ. brennan be
appointed as chief of police for the en-
suing year, believing that the best in
terests OF the city will be maintained
by his continuance in Office"
The signers are: Philip w. Moen,
Ransom C. Taylor, C. H Hutchins,
Rice, Barton & Fales, Reed & Prince,
Worcester Corset Company, Josiah H.
Clarke, Charles A. Chase, j. P. Ham
ilton, Alexander Dewitt, Lincoln N.
oIIS uludHl, JOuu II.
Goes, Henry A. Woodward, D. w. Cut
ting, George E. Merrill, ]. Stewart
Brown, Jerome Marble, H. H. Fair
banks, E. B. Stoddard, A. G. Bullock.
Henry NJ. Witter,
STEPHEN SALISBURY,
Edward l.. Davis, G. A. Smith, Nathan
iel Paine, Arthur NJ. Stone, c.. S. Cha
pin, o. =. Wood, Lyman Ely, William
e. Sessions, G. H. Clark & Co., r. N.
Start, E. B. Clapp, Richard j. Healey
w. F. Robinson. William H. Robinson,
Arthur 0. Young, Charles H. Bannis
ter, Dwight Davis, w. H. Sawyer, d.
E. Reed, e. B. Dolliver, W.. H, Inman,
Thomas j. Hastings, H. Hammond,
Harland p. Duncan, w. Fl. Coughlin,
Foster II. Goodwin, d. A. Scott, A. A.
Rheutar, Bay State Shoe and Leather
Company, Thomas Hamilton. w. A. Ly-
tie, D. H. Games Co., Stephen Sawyer,
Jr., George Richardson, r. ]. Mckay,
John B. Flynn, Lud G. Havener, c.
A Black, George H. Otis, Matthew B.
Lamb. J. w. Harrington, Daniel Dow
ney, H. NJ. Clements J. H. Clarke &
Co., Alonzo Sanderson, Benjamin j.
Dodge, D. Walter Hamilton, A. H.
Stone, w. H. Robinson, T. S. John
son, Harvey B. Wilder, William Hy-
land & Son, Thomas A. Dickson, Globe
Corset Company, George c. Whitney
Company, e. A. Brewer, G. A. Stevens,
J. Fred Warren, f. A. Leland G. H.
Spaulding, John w. Knibbs, c. L. Bur-
ges, w. A. Volkmar, r. r. Miles, w.
M. Frink, F. B. Scott, w. A Lewis,
Charles E. Greene, w. H. Clark,
James Miner, Quinsigamond Steam
boat Company, Irving Bigelow,
SHERMAN ENVELOPE COMPANY,
]. C. Stewart, A. Burlingame, T. Smith
Company, G. S. Davis, w. H. Buxton,
Lewis L. Houghton, w. H. Eddy, j..
E. Wakefield, John McGowern, Rufus
j. Hoyle C. e. Neall, W. B. McIver,
w. A. Barnes, ]. l.. Newton, G. A.
Cleveland, j. K. Robbins and Carl c..
T. Thomas
The petition being circulated by Mr..
Oakley was not in last night, but it is
expected that it will be completed to-
day and sent to Mayor Dodge There
are some men in the city who refuse to
sign the petitions for various reasons,
but Col. Drennan's friends do not feel
at all put out and say that the petit
tions turned in to the mayor will have
a good effect on him. They do not be-
lieve for an instant that the talk of it
being settled that Col. brennan is to
get Trough amounts to anything, and
will continue to claim reappointment
for their candidate until Mayor Dodge
says that he will not be reappointed,
and this, they think, the mayor cannot
consistently do.