The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-25

1ul and courteous, the very personifi-
cation of what is meant by 'finesse,"
but this was too much for him. Max
ing a hasty gesture of displeasure, he
called two boys to him and giving them
80 cents each. ordered them to ascend
the roof of Hotel de Bullfrog and tear
down the posters. At this juncture
Mr.. Skerrett arrived, too, and was
greeted with a cheer. He had come
he said, to have the placard torn down.
but the Mellenites thought they detect
ed smile at the corners of the i'm
mobile mouth.
The first thing that Mr.. Skerrett no
/ tieed was that his name was spelled
wrong. The next he saw was the boys
tearing the placard off the board. The
announcement could be seen a mile
away: The type was foot high and
the placard was 10 feet in length.
Both Mellen and Skerrett were out
yesterday making a personal canvass
jim was pretty generally jollied about
the billboard announcement, but after
the first show of displeasure, he took
1t all in good part and answering his
1olliers with the merry "Ha ha, deuced-
ly clever on Skerrett's partl" was all
he would say. Each candidate is
leaving no stone unturned to compass
the defeat of the other, and both ex-
Skerrett's cause is gaining strength
daily, and his supporters are not found
alone among the younger element. He
is to draw a big percentage of his
strength from the old veteran voters
of the ward He is perhaps the most
popular candidate for office running in
the city today.
James F. Ryan has figured the thing
all out, and to The Spy reporter yes
terday, he said that he did not see
how he was going to lose in his legisla-
tive fight in ward against Sergt, John
@. Hagberg. There was a meeting of
Mr.. Ryan's supporters at his office in
the State Mutual building, yesterday
! afternoon. when the whole situation
was talked over. and plans made not
only to get out the vote election day.
but also to increase the nominal DEM
ocratic strength by the addition Of new
names to the voting lists.
Last year Sergt Hagberg defeated
James + Carberry by a very narrow
margin. The first vote resulted in a
tie. but in the recount, Sergt. Hagberg
won out by a small majority. This
year, with hard work, Mr.. RYAN and
his friends believe they can regain the
ward for the democracy A factor in
| thC SiSCIiOAl ILLS year IndC is genera llV
| lost sight of is the candidacy Of the So.
cialist John 7. Youngjohns. While his
| vote will be small. without doubt he
| will draw his support from the Eng
| fish voters who usually vote the repub-
| lican ticket. Mi. Hagberg in his can
vass for reelection. is having the sun
port of the republican city committee
and the republican club. Not only
time but money is being spent with a
| free hand to save the ward from re-
verting to the democratic column.
John H. Meagher, chairman of the
democratic city committee, in speak
ing on the situation with The Spy man,
said that he would give Mr. Ryan all
the support possible, and that the city
committee was determined to win back
ward S. at all hazards.
The interest in the fights in wards
4 and 8 has caused that in ward 8 to
be lost sight Of to some extent, but
| William I. McLoughlin and Peter r.
| Sullivan are as active as crickets, and
until after the election, the voters Of
| the ward will hcxe no peace. Mr.. Nc
Loughlin, for the purpose OF display
| ing his strength, is urging the voters
to attend the caucus in large numbers.
Mr.. Sullivan is to let the caucus slide