The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-21
WILL FIGHT NOW.
Clinton Disposed to
Demand It's
Rights.
A COMMON CAUSE.
One Proposition is to Join
Issues With the Bur-
nets of Northbnro.

Clinton, May 20.-President Warren
Goodale of the Clinton Business Mems
Association. and Representative S. Ives
Wallace. with other gentlemen are con-
sidering a plan of attack for next year,
by which this town may stand the best
chance of winning Justice from the leg
islature. The question will be consid-
cred in a meeting of the association
sometime during the summer. and the
town will try and get into the game
earlier than it has in the past two or
three years.
Clinton is tired Of begging and will
fight now, for what belongs to her.
The defeat of the Clinton bill. which
provides an annuity of $4,000 for the
town forever together with the first
chance for purchasing any electric pow
er that may be developed at the dam
has raised an amount of quiet indigna-
ton that is almost beyond belief. Hith-
erto the town has rested on the justice
of it's cIaim for redress. Now it will
adopt offensive measures. The lawyers
say there are several at the dispisal
of the town. One plan proposed is to
unite with the Burnetts of Northboro
in making a test of the constitutional
ity of the entire law.
There is reason to believe that the.l
law can be upset before the supreme.
court of the United States. The Bur-
netts so hold, and they have taken the
advice of some of the best constitution
al lawyers in this country.
They are continuing to demonstrate
<os ~, 1,afr 1Axr4 ha
diture Of large sums of money in its
preparation The maps, that they will
use, which are single item of the pre-
paration, will cost several thousand
dollars The Burnetts are an exceed
ingly wealthy family, but the expense
of fighting such a case against the
commonwealth will be great enough to
appal ever a millionaire. Not few
prominent citizens are in favor of hay
ing the town make a common cause and
vote a sum of money to help pay the
expenses of the litigation.
Boston, with the towns and cities
comprising the metropolitan district,
control the legislature. They control 1t
the easier because it is in Boston. For
this reason, so the town representatives
hold, it has been and will be very diff
ficult for the town to get decent con-
sideration in the general court.
The directors of the Clinton Choral
union met last evening at the home
of Mrs. Philip T. O'Brien and vote
to engage Eugene BuZzell Of Worees-
ter to direct the union for the ensll-
ing year, If he cares to accept the place
again. The union has made great
strides under the leadership of Mr.
BuzzelI He is personally pleasing to
the members, and they as well as the
directors are anxious to work with him
next season. The first concert will be
held in December, about the middle OF
the month. Mrs. S. W. Tyler VIII pc
asked to remain as accompanist, Ihe
rehearsals will begin on the last Mon
day evening in September. Commit
tees were appointed as follows: Music,
Edward w. Burdett, George W. Mel
drum, Miss NJ. B. s. Bailey; concert,
John F. Riddell, George F. Morse and
S. Ives Wallace.
There is no lack of sympathy Tor
DR.. H. N. Nash in Lancaster and TINS
town. He was so well known TO most
of the citizens that the KheWleage %
his Imprisonment comes as shock
MRS. Nash is grateful because his SEN
fence calls for confinement in Worces-
fer iail, This will permit his friends 70
see him as often as they are permitted
to do so under the rules, :.
Once more Officer John StoeDel rare
ed the cars In the Boston and Maine
freight yard. This time he discovered.
Iohn Jere Shea. Shea got four months
in the district court. He told judge
stone that he came from I1olyoke, last
night. looking for work. The ears nave
heen raided three times in the past
week. and each raid has been prodttet-
i've. The word is evidently being
passed along. The first assault on the
cars drove some is Migrants out on
quarters, while the last disclosed no
more than three.
Frank Foley and John Healey We're
found guilty of drunkenness and fined
$40 each in the district court They
couldn't pay and had to go to jail.
Rev. A. NJ. Osgood has arranged for
a series Of revival meetings in the
Methodist church. They viii be held
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings. The pastor viii De
assisted by Edward R. Leslie.
A brief strike among the carpenters
employed on J. B. ORIOLES new resi-
dence was ahnicably settled this after
nooon, shortly after it occurred.
Rev. Calvin Stebbins will preach at
the morning service in the First Uni
tartan church tomorrow.
The death of Peter Stevenson took
place at his home, 50 Pleasant street,
at 1920 this morning, after an illness