The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
STONE OUT.
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glad now they didn't decide to support
Stone They did not unite for the cleo
tons, last Monday evening, until after
o'clock, and they feel that they can
do the same this evening. If any deal
is on, they expect they will be right in
it before the session is called to order.
Alderman Thomas j. Barrett was
asked by The Spy man what effect the
withdrawal of Stone will have on his
party
| don't know what effect it will
have, but I don't think it will have
much. The democrats will be pre-
pared for united action at tomor-
row evenings meeting of the city
council, the same as they We're a
week ago. What that action will be
! cannot say. That is all / care TO
say on the matter"
There is only one way in which Prior
can get democratic votes and shat is
by a trade which he refuses to make.
He has been approached by democrats
with view of getting his brother to
resign, the object being to elect Joha
e. Gallagher in his place. They went
for him last week and asked Ii he
would make such a deal. FIe replied
that he was prepared to stand or fall
with his brother. That settled one point
for the democrats They reached the
conclusion of the stand they would
take on Prior without much debate.
They are unanimously opposed TO him.
His friends have been claiming he may
get q few democratic votes, and the
name of one democratic alderman has
been banded about considerably, some
saying he will certainly vote for Prior,
although his associates are against
him. The alderman is pronounced in
opposition to Prior and says so OPEN
ly. He will stay with the party
That Gallagher was thrown down by
stone men sticks in the crop of dem
ocrats. Stone men, however, claim the
democrats should take all the blame or
cised any Judgment, Gallagher would
have won, according TO the Stone men
One of them, in speaking to The Spy
man, yesterday, said "McMahon and
O'Leary killed Gallagher's chances. II
they had kept still and allowed the
vote to be taken without making plea
for Gallagher ne would have beer
elected. Republican councilmen in suf-
ficient numbers to elect Gallagher were
prepared to vote with the democrats
but the democratic councilmen had tc
get up and talk. That spoiled their Owl
game. While they were talking the
other republicans were drummed into
line and did not dare vote for Gala
CHER. What makes it even worse is
that last year the same thing was done
and the democratic supporters of Gal
lagher were told to keep their mouth:
shut.
No tendency to unite has appeared
among supporters Of Lewis and Bur
ton for assessor. The democrats ma!
be in that contest to a greater eXten
than is looked for They have an
nounced their intention of voting 70
Leonard, as they did last meeting
which would throw them out OF consid
GRAFTON if the republicans We're i'm
pressed with the necessity of a compro
mise. But the democrats are no
pledged to vote for Leonard all The
time, as they were last meeting. They
intend to remain by the democrati,
nominee as long as it is convenient fol
them, but they have also resolved t
make their united strength figure II
the election of an assessor when th,
time comes.
Republicans talk some of a compro
mise candidate, but the talk has showr
no real foundation. Indications arr
that both factions will hold out for vic
tory until all possibility of success hal
been eliminated before trying to get to
gether in compromise.