The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-07
SPLIT IN RANKS.
RepublicansN owSure
of Harris Elec-
ton.
COLLINS FIERY RETORT.
Says Next Tuesday Will
See An Election, Not
An Auction.
COLLINS FIERY RETORT.

Boston, Nov. 6.-The open split in the
democratic party in this city, which
has resulted in bitter recrimination
back and forth between the two sides,
has suddenly changed the aspect of the
present municipal campaign from one
of lethargy to the warmest and most
sensational that has taken place in
Boston for many years.
For the nonce, the republicans are
watching the state of affairs in the
ranks of their opponents with tranquil
ity and satisfaction believing that their
candidate for mayor, Mr.. Hart, will
have no difficulty in winning next Tues
day, provided Mr.. Murphy, who has
bolted the democratic ticket, is success
full in carrying with him the thousands
of voters who supported him in the
democratic caucuses last month, when
he was beaten by Mr.. Collins.
On the other hand, the managers of
the Collins campaign appear cheerful
and not at all cast down by the threat
ened disruption in the ranks of the
party. Mr.. Murphy's manifesto last
! night, declaring his intention of sup
porting the republican nominee for
mayor was answered today in such
scathing terms that it forced a rejoind-
er from the other side tonight, in which
Mr.. Murphy was equally bitter in his
language.
In the latter statement Mr. Murphy
| accuses Mr.. Collins of being false to
| the democratic party in boiling Mr.
R1V1n
| ular party nominations in years past.
The fiery reply made today by Mr.
Collins has made the fight between the
two democrats bitterly personal, sc
that the situation at present seems a
serious one for the democrats, while il
seems highly satisfactory from a re-
publican standpoint. Mr. Collins, at be-
ing interviewed, said:
have read the strange and inco-
herent mixture of spleen and self
laudation.
Mr.. Murphy's condition for some
time past has given anxiety to his
| friends and excited the sympathy OF
those who could not be so classed.
His case is one for the family
physician, with an expert called In
cosultation, rather than for political
diagnosis
when the home rule bill for Ire
Aeihu NeIo uSLedlGu III the mouse oil
lords there was a phenomenal attend
ance of the peers. One of them, con
fined in an asylum, was let out to vote
and his keeper gave as an excuse for
his temporary release that his chance
TO vote against that most Just of all
| measures would tend to tranquilize the
! mind of the noble conservative.
When our latest ex-democrat casts
his vote for my venerable friend, Mr..
Hart, on Tuesday next, he will probab-
| ly feel better
| of scene and the contemplation OF
pleasing subjects for a while may eff
feet a permanent cure.
What the young man has said about
| me must pass without any serious
comment. He has never lived the hour
In which he could do my work, nor
found the level where he could get a
horizontal view of my character.
ITO others whom he has so reckless
ly assailed l leave their own defense
for which they are entirely competent.
THE young man himself, if at all re-
sponsible, has simply broken his word,
deserted his party, abandoned his
friends and sold the pass
Those who expect the members of
my party to follow this ex-member
lean upon hope, but reckon without
| knowledge.
when Mareau played traitor to Ma
poleon he carried no French soldiers
with him, and when Arnold deserted
Washington he went alone and re-
| manned alone. Both sold the pass be-
| cause another and a better soldier was
preferred before each of them.
Il congratulate the other side upon
its solitary accession, and remind them
that next Tuesday there will be an
election and not an auction. The demo-
| cratic party is not for sale or to let,