The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-22

tat L. Berg for alderman, first, last
and all the time. The motion was put
and the chairman declared it lost. Mr..
Hagberg doubted the vote, but some
body moved to proceed to ballot, which
was carried.
WARD SIX
One of the old time caucuses was con-
Quoted in Pilgrim hall last evening by
the voters of ward 6. The attendance
was noticeable in many respects. First
of all came the clergymen in the ward
to lend what influence their presence
might to the occasion. Many men prom
inent in church affairs attended the
caucus, something they had not done
in years. Prominent among those who
took oath, not being enrolled were
Frank e. Powers, the we'll known coal
dealer, Edward D. Jerome % Lagrange
street. W, H. Bascom, Lowell street;
Frank e. Powers, 2S haywood; C. F.
May, IA Hancock street; c. W. John
son. Burnside court; Edward F. EN-
cry, 1445 Main street; Amos Trusdell,
19 Curtis street; William F. Walker,
Ripley place; Peter C. Maloney, so Bea-
con street; Wallace B. Griffin, q Down
ing street; Leo A. Osborn 46 Murthe
street; Joseph Dobbins, 1888 Cambridge
SblGCl, ONeH NJ. hCOuSlds ~ 1dlHlSA
street; Isaac H. Mallett, liz Canterbury
street; Patrick eastman, A Canterbury
street; Joseph A. Silcox, Gardner
court; John Cook, 40 Camp street; Ed
son o. Williams, 16 Dread street; An
drew L. Cox, 1888 Cambridge street
Dweney Williams, 8 Grand street;
Ralph E. Henderson. 1856 Beacon street;
Samuel L. Durker, 10 Glenwood street;
Henry B. Foster, Dixon avenue; Her
bert r. Fuller, Hathaway street; Jas.
McGrath, 49 Canterbury street; Ernest
B. Bennett, II Woodbine street; Frank
H. Robinson, so Burch street; Henry ]
Smith, SO Southgate street; Charles E
Fisher Wyman street; Lemuel A
Fales, 1853 Beacon street; Joseph 2. Will
cox, II Richards street; Ferdinand l.
Walker, 35 Stafford street; William w
Atkins, IA Madison street; Fred D
Houghton, 997 Main street.
| Edward 1. Comins, the present mem
! Der of the school board from the ward
was opposed for reelection by Marvin
M. Taylor. MIR. Comins received 27t
votes to 1s1 cast for Mr. Taylor. On mo-
ton of the defeated candidate the nom
nation was made unanimous.
WARD SEVEN.
Ward seven remained loyal to Rufus
B. Dodge, Jr., in spite of the fact tina
he is soon to move into another section
of the city Clarence D. Mixter anC
Frank l.. Stetson were easy winners
for the common council and the new
ticket for ward committee went owe
the heads of the old committee headed
by Willie C. Young with ease.
The caucus was large one and thu
vote cast showed ample evidence o
the sentiment existing in the ward
/ u RI t1,0 Al,
floor was all that was necessary t.
prove what delegates would be elected
to the municipal convention. The foo
about the entrance to the hall was
| literally carpeted with Roe ballots
! Mayor Dodge remained in the hall fol
an hour or more during the evening
and was warmly congratulated in ad
vance by his admirers.
There were four candidates for the
council in the field, and the ticket.
| presented all sorts of combinations
Charles R. Johnson was the only can.
didate for the school committee. The
caucus voted against enlargement OF
the city committee, although certain
men who favor expansion claim thai
the yes" ballots were kept out of sight
purposely. Early in the evening it was
impossible to find a ballot in favor OF
yes" and many of the mo" tickets
were scratched and yes" written in.
| The usual number of men who haG
failed to enroll took the oath. Among
the number were officer Hall, who was
on duty at the caucus, and L. H. Pot.
| ter, who served as an inspector.
WARD EIGHT.
| The ward caucus in Association hal
was hot. The attempt to Dust Chair.
man Leon Rice Partridge of the city
committee from the ward delegation
was a stubbornly fought battle, but
Partridge men who favored the increase
in the ward committees, We're victorious
and E, A. D. Moss was 80 votes shy
of landing a place on the ward commit
| tee.
| The fight for the common council
nomination was the most spirited in
| the caucus. Albert E. Newton won
over Frederick Forehand by the vote OF
| 299 to 297. There We're six recounts be-
| fore this vote was announced. Geo
| F. Brooks defeated DR.. Melvin G.. Over
| lock for the school committee nominal
| ton, 1853 to 249.
Representative C. T. Tatman made a
short speech favoring the candidacy of
Leon R. Partridge for a place on the
ward committee. Mr.. Tatman also
urged that the Eyes" ballots on the
question of increasing the membership
of ward committees be carefully consid-
cred.
The mayoralty nomination had little
real contest in it, Mayor Dodge carry
ing the caucus by a vote of 400 to 127.
The gallery contained a choice CO.
terie of political aspirants. In the front
row, with necks craned over the rail-
ing, were L. d. Usher and Walter j.
Hoar sociallstic leaders.
HERE IS THE SUMMARY.