The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-25
FIGHT WILL Be HOT
Followers Of Crane
and KnoWlton
Line Up.
PARKER.
His is the Only Name Men
toned So Far for At
torney General.

Boston, April 24.-Much, in fact the
greater part of the talk today in and
about the state house has been in con-
nection with the announcement of At
torney General Knowlton, that he
would be in the race for the republican
nomination for governor this fall, and
its effect has been to set the politicians
guessing, as they have not for
some few years. Those who like quiet
campaigns and figured that this was to
be one now, see their mistake and
realize that one of the liveliest for
years is on the tapis
Attorney General Knowlton came to
his decision to run about week ago.
He felt he had not been treated fairly
in that Mr.. Crane was given to under
stand that there would be no other
candidate for the nomination this yea.O
Mr.. Knowlton says that some of the
men who made this statement to the
lieutenant governor knew very we'll at
the time that he would be a candidate
if he was asked and that Mr.. Crane
was therefore not fully informed of the
real condition of things. Before MAX
ing up his mind, Mr.. Knowlton had
canvassed the situation thoroughly
with political friends from all parts of
the state, and when he arrived at his
decision he called in number of his
friends and informed them of his de-
termination.
How the candidacy of Mr.. Knowlton
will affect the contests for lieutenant
governor and the other places on the
state ticket, is a matter of grave
thought and much conjecture on the
part of the folk at the state house.
Neither the friends of SpeakerBates nor
Curtis Guild are able at this time
to tell just where they are at, and kthe
complications extend down the rest of
the ticket 1t has been suggested that
the Knowlton candidacy will surely
lead to a Zine up" of the candidates
for the nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor and it has been said that the
result will be that the opposing tickets
will read: "Crane-Guild, 'KnoWlton-
Bates" On the other hand, it has been
asserted that the tickets will read the
other way, and that the combinations
are as likely to be Crane and Bates
and Knowlton and Guild. Some people
have an impression that the Bates men
are also Knowlton men, and the Guild
followers are for Crane, but there is
nothing at all to support this bel1ef. so
far as is known, the rival candidates
for lieutenant governor have not de-
clared their partially for the head OF
the ticket in any way, and it Is more
likely that they will for the present
continue to preserve strict neutrality.
The candidacy of Mr.. Knowlton leads
to the conclusion that the nomination
of attorney general will go to Herbert
Parker of Worcester, and thus FAR his
has been about the cs.iy name men
toned seriously in connection With the
ticket. With fight for the head OF the
ticket in prospect, there is little like
lihood, it is said, that western Massa-
chusetts will be given another place
on the ticket, and for this reason the
outlook for the nomination of ex-Sen-
ator Bradford of Springfield for state
treasurer. is not as good as it was.
The events of the past few days have
aided the candidacy of Representative
Whipple of Brockton for this place, and
his friends are more confident than ever
of his success unless an entirely new
man steps into the race
2 The bill to extend the civil service
law to counties was before the House
today, and was sat down upon so heav-
lily that it's promoters have no encour-
agement to bring in similar bill at
the next session. Less than a dozen
voted for it. The vote appeared to be
practically unanimous.
1t looks as if Nantasket beach will
soon be under state control A bill for
the taking Of the beach by the state
and making it a public reservation, was
reported by the committee on metro
politan affairs with one senator and
two representatives dissenting.
Governor Wolcott received today from
w. F. Draper, ambassador at Rome, a
statement of the situation in connec-
ton with attempts to secure the extra
dition of Antonio Di Blast, wanted mere
for murder in which the ambassador
says that extradition is out of the
question. He has therefore urged the