The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

The following was given out from
Mr.. Benefits headquarters today:
Accessons to the support of Mr..
Bennett have followed each other in
rapid succession during the past few
days and his nomination upon the first
ballot js now well assured. The devel
opments in Worcester county on Thurs
day following the generous and logical
action If Mr.. Reed and others in Bris-
tol county on Tuesday and Wednesday
have placed our candidate far in the
lead of all others. Moreover, the Access
sions i'll Worcester county following SO
closely upon those in Bristol do not
comprise all of the defections from the
ranks CT other aspirants to the sue
cessful candidate. Wherever the ru-
NOR has been started that gains were
being made for other candidates than
Mr.. Bennett, they have been promptly
investigated and have proven incorrect.
On the other hand, committees of re-
publicans have waited the past week
upon many members who We're alleged
to be committed to other candidates
than MI. Bennett, and have been as
sured by them of the desire of their
constituents that they should vote for
our candidate.
The success which Mr.. Bennett has
achieved in all Of the executive posi-
tions to. which he has been called in
his profession, as newspaper man.
and in many business and social posi-
tons, will be continued in his position
as presiding officer over the next House
of representatives Nearly one hun
dred old and new members have stated
in writing over their OWN signatures
that Mr.. Bennett rs an excellent pre-
siding officer, as shown on the frequent
occasions when he has occupied the
chair-dignifed, quick both of appre-
hension and of speech, a time saver,
able to preserve order, courteous I'M
prejudiced and impartial" AS to the fur
Their duties of speaker, the manner in
which they will be performed by Mr..
Bennett was further outlined in the
same quotation from the endorsement
of the nearly one hundred old and new
members already alluded to: cat the
outset of his legislative career he
gained a reputation for independence
of thought and action that has never
been marred." 1t is a guarantee that
his most Important work, the selection
Of committees, would be done without
favoritism and in perfect honor, to the
best interests of the commonwealth.
Himself successful man of the peo-
pie, their welfare is his first concern.
AS one of the largest and most sue
cessful farmers in New England, and
as chairman of the committee on agri-
culture of the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture for the past two years, as well as
president of one of the most successful
agricultural societies in New England,
Mr.. Bennett will receive the united sup
port of the farmers who are to be
members of the next House. And as
business man, the opinion which is
held Of him by the largest business in
terests in the commonwealth, was ex-
pressed in a circular, in part as fol-
lows:
1.-THE undersigned, business men of
Massachusetts, believing that Frank
P. Bennett is qualified by training and
character for the position of speaker
of the Massachusetts House Of Repre-
senettives, cordially indorse his candi-
dacy FOR that Office
The straightforward and outspoken
manner in which Mr.. Bennett takes a
position upon all public questions. and
which some of his opponents have en-
deavored to use against him in this
campaign, has proved a source of
strength to him. Previous to the re-
cent state convention, there was no
doubt as to his position, and the same
was true of his early and emphatic
support of Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
Middlesex-E Essex district, and subse-
quently as candidate for United
States senator. Mr.. Bennett was one
of the first men to support Mr.. Lodge
as a candidate for congress, beginning
four years before the movement was
finally successful. He is never known
to be on more than one side of ques-
ton at any one time. He has been
continuous and steady worker in the
republican party since he first began to
vote, and he was one of the most ardent
and Industrious of the younger men
who stumped all the minor districts of
the state in the interests of Gov. Rob-
inson in the famous campaign against
Cen Butler, when Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge was chairman of the republican
state committee.
He will give the House of Repre-
sentatives o business administration as
speaker, and while the lengthy session