The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-03
HITE
Is Elected as
Treasurer.
STONE AND PRIOR
In Close Fight for Street
Commissionership.

| The city council tried hard last even
ing to elect the entire quota of officers,
but was unable to do SO in several in
stances, postponing consideration until
the next meeting. The officers thus far
elected are as follows:
City clerk, Enoch H. Towne.
Assistant city clerk. w. Henry
Towne.
| City treasurer, Fred w, White.
| Collector of taxes, Fred W. White
City solicitor, Arthur P. Rugg.
| City auditor, John B. Bowker.
| City messenger, Charles Marvin.
| City engineer, Frederick A. Mcclure.
| Street commissioner Postponed one
week in Joint convention.
| Assistant street commissioner, Burt
S. Prior.
Superintendent of sewers, Harrison P.
Eddy
| Superintendent of lighting streets,
| Henry A. Knight
| Water commissioner, John G. Brady,
Water registrar, George Il. Batchel-
der
Superintendent of public buildings,
| Charles H. Peck
Assistant superintendent of public
| buildings. Charles Adams.
/ ASSeSSOI OIL ld&eS,---I OSl pOilcQ loI one
week in non concurrence.
! Commissioner of Hope cemetery, T..
b. Stoddard.
Commissioner Of Jacques and other
funds of the city hospital Francis H..
| Dewey.
Commissioner of sinking funds, Ste
! phen Salisbury,
Trustee Of Bancroft scholarship
fund,-Fostponed one week by board of
aldermen
The city council of 1889 opened its eX-
istence last evening with meeting so
lively that not for an instant did inter-
| est flag There were hot contests over
the election Of several officers and
members of the city council scurried
around trying hard to put up deals
They did not succeed, and it was neces-
sary to postpone election until next
meeting in two instances.
Warm fights were looked for in the
contests for city treasurer and assessor
| The former was easy for Fred w.
White, who has been assistant for Will
liam S. Barton. The entire strength
of the minority went to him on the first
ballot in joint convention, ard he went
| in flying.
on the election of assessor, it was DIFF
! ferent. The republicans divided their
| strength between William f.. Lewis and
Arthur I'll Burton. The democrats
stuck to Denis c. Leonard, first, last
and all the time, save once, when they
threw a portion OF their strength to a
republican candidate, to frighten the
other faction They did frighten them
and finally accomplished what they
were getting recess first and post
| ponement later.
A hoped for deal mscarried and
made democrats mad. That was in the
| contest for street commissioner and as
| sistant. No trade had been made but
the democrats wanted John H.. Gala
CHER assistant street commissioner,
They voted for Lucien r. Stone for
! street commissioner, and although the
aldermen elected w. S. Prior, stone
had the majority in the common coun-
| Gill With the three democratic votes
in the board of aldermen, his election
In joint convention was assured and
Stone got pretty close to election for
the aldermen were on their way to the
| common council chamber when Wis
ion Of another deal struck tie demo-
Gratis, and the election was postponed
| q week. AS the motion came from the
| minority, neither the stone FOR Prior
party dared force the ISSUE, fearing the
result.
The situation was complicated by the
election OF Burt S. Prior assistant street
commissioner. That was the position
the democrats wanted for Gallagher or
the six republican councilmen who vot-
| ed for Stone, two voted blank ballots
when the election Of assistant was on,
allowing Burt S. Prior 10 be elected
by a vote Of IL to 10. Democrats We're
then prepared to throw Stone or knife
Prior; they didn't know where they
were at.
They couldn't trade for assessor. The
deal they tried to spring was to Sc
cure the promise of either Burton or
Lewis men TO eject democrat fourth
member of the board when the pro-
posed amendment to the charter goes
through. Each republican faction was
/ willing to suggest it would be proper
to give the minority the fourth mem
ber but neither would bind itself. and
the democrats remained firm for Leon
ard.
The republican councilmen took re-
cess and held a caucus in room 80, but
could not agree, and the contest was
declared draw on the 18th ballot
with the three candidates, Leonard
Burton and Lewis, having eight votes
each.
| The republican members of the up
per board saw the handwriting on the
wall when Stone was elected in com
! mon council and tried to adjourn the
meeting, but Alderman O'Connell
spoiled that attempt by calling atten-
! ton to the charter, which calls for a
! Joint convention forthwith.
| There was very little business except
the election Of officers. The aldermen
elected their slate without contest.
Democratic members voted with the
republicans for several officers The
report Of the grade crossing commits
siop, which did nothing all the year
except take tunket to the south, was
the principal business 81 the meeting,
| except the election OF officers.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.