The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-21
THEY BOTH REFUSE.
Bruce and Slattery
Surprise the Dem
ocrats.
PAINE WILL HEAD THE TICKET.
Resolutions Denouncing
State Purchase of Bos-
ton & Albany Offered.

Boston, Sept 20.-The declination of
democratic ticket, Hon. Augustine B.
Bruce of Lawrence and Hon. Edward
j. Slattery of South birmingham to
run again this year, proved the sensa-
ton of the preliminary gathering of the
democrats for the state convention,
which will be held here tomorrow.
Mr., Bruce announced his intention to
withdraw late this afternoon, and Mr..
Slattery followed suit soon after, and
for a few hours there was considerable
connection among the two or three
hundred delegates at the Parker House.
Early this evening it was announced
that Robert Treat Paine, Jr., of this
city had consented to head the ticket,
but there was quite a contest for Sec
ond place, with no agreed candidate at a
late hour. There seemed, however. to
be a general sentiment in favor of John
E. Mack of North Adams and his sup
porters from the western part of the
state, worked hard all the evening in
| his behalf
! The letter declining to stand for nom
ination as the head of the ticket, from
Hon. A. B. Bruce, was as follows:--
Il wrote Secretary McNary a short
| time ago suggesting the withdrawal of
my name as gubernatorial candidate /
| see no reason for changing my mind.
| owing entirely to my business interests,
| consequently l shall urge the positive
withdrawal of my name. Should l be
nominated, nothing will prevent my
declination. This is my positive, final
decision"
The letter of E. j. slattery was as
| follows:--
For three or four days the daily
| press of Boston has named me as the
! probable candidate of the democratic
party for lieutenant governor this year
| While l am fully sensitive of a nomin-
alton by either party for the second
office in the gift of the people of Tie
great state of Massachusetts, still ]
cannot agree to the use of my nama fol
the nomination, as 1 have firmly re.
| solved to give up active participation
IN politics. OF course, l am governed
by the comments of the press, as 1 nav
received no information, official or 9th.
erWtse, from your committee or any Of
4 its committees, to the effect that
my name was to be considered by then
this year. I trust the above will be suf.
ticient to dispense with any considera.
| ton of my name, should it be men
J TONED before your committee or the
| convention"
Enough of the platform was known
this evening to show that it will endorse
William Jennings Bryan for president
1 the Chicago platform, including the free
coinage of silver, will declare against
trusts, while it will also denounce i'm
perialism and expansion.
One of the resolutions for the plat
form, submitted to the committee and
subsequently killed, was that offered by
Mr.. Harrison Jaquith of Wellesley, de-
nouncing Aguinaldo as a traitor and re-
pudiating his. statement that he had
been in the employ Of the democratic
party 1t was said late tonight that Mr..
Jaquith would offer his resolution to the
| convention.
/ Another resolution was offered to the
! committee demanding that the state
purchase the Boston and Albany rail-
road. 1t is said that this will be favor
ably acted upon