The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
Discussion of
Candidates.
TOWN COMM
Death of Dr.. I. H. O'Connor,
a Clinton Physician.

Clinton, Jan at looks as though
the republicans would have to call
caucus TO fill vacancies on the town
committee. 1t is doubtful if a major
ity of the committee elected at the eau
Gus in September will be willing to
serve Under the rules of the repub-
lican party, a majority of the commit
tee is required for a quorum. If there
shall prove to be a quorum ready to
serve, which cannot be known until
several of the new men have made up
their minds, there will still be so many
vacancies as to make a caucus appro-
PIRATE. Nor is there such rush for
places on the republican town commit
tee or the democratic town committee
as one might think They are places
OF honor. but they are costly because
If there is any deficiency at the end of
a campaign. tie town committee is ex-
pected to go down into its pockets and
make it good. The spring election is
coming. and it will be a costly one.
The democrats in this town set a finan-
cial pace, backed by the pocketbook
of P H. Morrison and several others,
that is hard to follow.
The shortage in the town committee
sake of convenience will be called the
republican machine, was in undisputed
control OF the party in Clinton UP to
the nominations for representative in
the fall Then the machine which was
led BY c. G. Bancroft, backed Walter
r Howard, and new crowd of whom
e L. Stevens, now candidate for post
master. was one, backed S. Ives Wal
FACE. Mr.. Wallace was nominated in
a Iargely-attended caucus at which
Charles G. Bancroft presided. by % ma
jority.
AS soon as the vote was counted. a. com
iaittee TO nominate members for the
town committee went out. returning
with the names of a new town commit
lee. The new committee was, with one
or two exceptions, the same as the
CD out the list was not headed by the
name of c. G. Bancroft: his name an
feared further down the list
The committee then existing was
composed as follows: c. F. Fairbanks,
Ora L; Stone, John Martin, Albert
Beck, Henry A. Burdett, Frank E.
Howard, Neil Walker Alexander r,
stevenson, Capt. A w. Paige. John
Lytton. c. G. Bancroft.
When the nominations We're read, MIR.
BaEcroft made speech in which he
said the members Of the committee
We're agreed that they We're tired oftheir
ltto. icy ldu 10 endure the criticism
OF Inc party, and they thought that
perhaps the party might be more sue
cesstu! under new leaders. The commit
tee on nomination retired. and brought
in the names of a new committee, as
follows W a. Fuller. James McPher-
son. \. 5. Fuller c. G. Bancroft, Neil
Walker, William Rodger, Frank E.
Howard, Alexander r. Stevenson, Hen
rY a. Burdett, George H. Stewart. and
oren b. Bates. Six of the former com
mittee We're returned on the second list.
The nominations were carried in caucus
and nothing more was heard of the
matter for some weeks, until Frank E.
Howard, who is clerk of the district
court and a brother of Walter f. How
ard, wrote his resignation Then C. G.
bancroft wrote his resignation as chair
man Of the town committee, and from
his place in the town committee, which
became the committee, January /
Nothing more has been heard Of the
matter until now, when it transpires
thSt with three exceptions. not a mem
her of the old committee will serve upon
the new
The old committee had staked its
reputation as a machine upon the nom
ination of Mr.. Howard. They have
decided to turn the management Of the
party over to the friends of Mr. Wal
lace and let the political mill grind as
1t will Two men who will remain in
the harness are Oren b Bates. who is
a brother-in-law Of Mr.. Wallace, and
Neil Walker Possibly Alexander r.
Stevenson may stay with the commit
tee until it is broken into the work Mr.
Walker has been secretary of the re-
publican town committee for many
years. He will perform the duties of
his office until a new secretary can be
broken in. 1t looks, however. as if the
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most entirely by new men, all of whom
will be intimately in touch with S. Ives
Wallace and Charles L. Stevens. Mr.
Stevens is today probably the strongest
man in town in getting results in a re-
publican caucus. For several years he
has had charge of the duty of getting
the voters out, looked after naturaliZ-
ing new men, and has made the ac-
quaintance of the rank and file of the
party to a greater extent proba bly, than
any other man in it. II ne gets the
post office, for which ne is a candidate,
he will be taken out Of active politics,
and the question will naturally arise as
to how greatly the fortunes of the
party win be affected by the compare
tive ineXperience of the new town COM
mittee and the loss OF the services of
the most active worker among the rank
and file that the party now has.
If 1t is determined to call q caucus for
the election of persons to fill vacancies
on the town committee. as it most GER
tainly will be, the call viii be issued
probably some time this month.
A question about which hinges Z
great deal of interest is who will be-
the new chairman Of the town commit
tee. He Will necessarily be a man il
close touch with the new representa-.
tive, but local gossip has thus far Civ.
en- no clue to him.
Politics has been bubbling to the sur
face in the last few days. The demo
cratic town committee will soon NEE
to designate a chairman. David |
Walsh is the present chairman. HI
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