The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
VICTORY EASY WON
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of the ticket right and left got abroad
early in the day, AMI the candidates
fitted from precinct to precinct, They
had lieutenants Of their staff, but like
good generals they didn't leave too
much work for subordinates to do, and
they saw the voters personally.
The scenes in the polling places were
lively and in some instances pictures
que. of course the eldest democrat was
a numerous old fe,Icw everywhere. He
arrived with ec,a. and was warmly well
cHmed. He cuntrasred present day
methods with the days when he went
to tfe polls ard voted for Jackson, and
the young fellows fell exceedingly
young indeed while in his presence. An
drew Jackson wasn't around TO dispute
them so they were at liberty to stretch
The truth at Will Then there was the
picturesque Jag who hurrahed for every
carCldate in s"Eht ard then went over
and asked him If he was bur6er cd with
tie wealth Of the Indies. If he was he
was requisite to divide.
The socialists one would suppose
from the clustering way in which they
defied the city solicitor and called upon
the voters to use stickers and put
themselves on record as favoring eight
hours day for city laborers, ought to
have been aggressive The city so
licitor very clearly pointed out that
any one using the stieker would be liza
Bile to criminal prosecution, and no one
was foolish enough to peddle stickers
or openly defy constituted authority by
using them. The courage of the So
cialist is in his tongue.
The democrats had all sorts of ru-
mors af1oat of defections in the repub-
lican ranks. The Swedes were going
Thayer and Hanson. This was case
of talking through the hat, however,
as shown by the great vote for Mr..
Dodge.
All over the city, John B. Ratigan
had men out shouting his merits, and
some folks were such poor judges of
the situation as to bet that Mr.. Rati-
gan would not only get a great vote,
but would head the ticket. AS things
turned out. he was among the also
rams. 1t was the general expectation
that Edward ]. Mcmahon would be
one of the winners, and there was much
disappointment expressed last night
when 1t was learned that he was fourth
man on the democratic ticket, and out
side the breastworks by a small mar
gin.
Ward 8 was a royal battle ground.
The democrats have two members of
the City COuuCn from IIlS warn at
present, and the republicans had de-
termined to replace them with two
staunch members of their own party
Incidentally, there was some talk too,
of democratic detection because of the
stand taken or alleged to have been
taken by the Catholic Young Men S
Lyceum in the state election. 1t was
asserted that the Lyceum was against
James F, Ryan, and in revenge it was
Il.
reason but that he was a member of
the organization, would be slashed. The
manifest unreasonableness of this was
seen in the fact that one of the best
workers Mr. Ryan had was Mr.. Car
berry, and the threatened knitting did
not take place.
The republicans did yeoman work in
this ward, and it can now be safely
set down for a fact that ward five is
republican now, without any doubt
whatever. DR.. Duggan, democratic can
didate for school committee, was re-
elected, but he received some republican
support, and the question of politics
i'll his case did not cut much figure.
James F. Timon and Thomas F. Har-
ney, the democratic candidates for
councilmen, though were showed I'M
der by William ]. Bragg and Freder-
lex Clee. This will reduce the strength
of the minority in the city council by
two votes, a serious thing when there
is a close vote.
The license vote was significant 1t
proves that there is a growing senti-
ment IN this city against the license
system The official figures show a
yes" loss of 30, and a mo- gain of
1855. Had the no-license workers start
ed their campaign earlier, it was said
last night, that the license majority
might have been still further reduced
Out of 20 precincts, Is gave majorities
for mo" this year. Only u of these
precincts last year went for no-license.