The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

aldermen SAID yesterday in explaining
the position Of the minority I'VE think
it was the best thing TO do regardless of
politics or trades. Stone is a good man
for street commissioner, but he lacks
certain qualities. Those qualities Gal
Lagher possesses. The combination
would be a good one and we think it
would be better than Prior and Prior.
We do not question that Gallagher is
better than the younger Prior any
day"
Whether republican members of the
city council will hold q caucus is doubt
ful. None Of them have intima ted that
they would like 10 meet in caucus and
settle their candidates before going in
TO the meeting Monday evening They
believe an attempt to secure a unani-
nous endorsement for either assessor
candidate would be futile. They made
one such attempt Monday evening and
nothing came of it, the members voting
as they had before the caucus. On the
election of street commissioner, several
members fear an endorsement would
not hold. They are guessing on the
identity of the republicans who voted
for Stone, but a comparison Of guesscs
shows that they are not likely to nit
on the right men. If a caucus is held,
the call will be issued by President
Frederick W. White OF the common
council, but he will not send out call
until he has been requested by several
members Of the body.
Democratic members of both branches
are satisfied with the work they did,
although they got nothing out OF 1t.
Their friends have been giving them
the laugh, telling them they got moth
ing, to which they retaliate with a
statement that no other minority fac
ton in any former city government got
more. They are content since they came
nearer getting something than any
other democratic faction of a city coun-
Gill; as they claim they were within one
vote OF electing Gallagher assistant
street commissioner. They claim had
there been no choice on the arst bal
lot, Gallagher would have received
about % or "a votes in the joint CON
vention.
When asked what they are going to
get from the city treasurer vote they
reply: wait and see" No trade was
made in that contest. That was not
the fault of the democrats. Like Bardis
they We're "willin. But the other
party necessary to make a bargain
wasn't. They tried TO combine with the
Williamson forces, but Williamson
would offer them nothing. They could
not APPROACH White himself, but Some
of his campaigners promised tie demo-
Gratis they would get the deputy tax
collector when Mr. White made the ap-
pointment. The democrats will get
that where they have gotten every
thing. The republicans are watching
and simply say that if White gives a
democrat that Office there is another
city treasurer election a year hence.
In the meantime all is not serenity
in the republican camp. The alder
men are hot with cOuncilmen for not
consulting them, and the councIlmen in
turn are bitter against the aldermen
for not telling their candidates. The
nominations of the upper board showed
they intended to separate the offices of
treasurer and collector of taxes. Re
publican councilmen say they were
agreeable to such separation and would
have done so had the republican alder
men given them any information. Re
publican aldermen think they We're
snubbed by the councilmen, while the
latter claim the aldermen should have
made overtures had they desired a con-
ference with the cOuncilmen