The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
Guild and Bates Pro-
meters Have Had a
Busy Week.
HOT FIGHT PROMISED IN WARD I.
Benjamin Booths Friend;
Camping on Manning's
Trail.

A delegation of ward men gathered
in the office of Frank L. Dean last night
to talk over matters relative to the
Guild campaign in that district.
The Bates men are apparently salts
fed with the result of their general
meeting Friday night, and will post
pone meetings until next week, when
another series of gatherings will be in
order. Nothing has been heard from
Hon. John L. Bates as yet relative to
the date when he will speak to the
Swedish voters of Worcester. The
meeting will take place in Horticultural
hail. and though Mr.. Bates will come
to Worcester on invitation of the Swed-
lsh voters, it is expected the hall will
be filled.
Members of~the republican city COM
mittee have received marked copies of
Boston papers during the week, in
which special attention is called to in
dorsements of Gen. Guild by prominent
Boston political clubs. From what can
be lc$ned, a majority of members of
the committee favor the candidacy of
Gen. Guild, although Hon. John L.
Bates has a stable representation in
mittee are doing little active work,
and SO far as outward appearances go
are endeavoring to live up to the rules
of the organization.
The ward Z representative fight Hay
be said to be fairly on.
Benjamin Booth returned to Worcester
Friday night, and within short time
had been informed of what his friends
are willing to do in his support. David
Manning has the advantage of a start
in the race, but a prominent ward Z
republican said yesterday that Mr..
Booth would carry the ward hands
down. However this prediction may
be, hot contest is in sight. Mr.. Booth
was consulted by his friends, yester-
day, and active operations will be be-
gun in the near future
rumor was in circulation yesterday
to the effect that George B. NJ Sisson
would contest Representative James
Hunts seat in the Legislature the com
ing year. Mr.. Sisson is out of town.
and his friends say there is no founda-
ton for the rumor so far as they
know.
From the present outlook, there will
be a sufficient number of caucuses dur
| ing the coming month to keep voters
busy. In addition to the regular re-
publican and democratic caucuses and
a possible special caucus in anticipa-
ton of special municipal election tc
| fill the aldermanic vacancy, the social
list labor party will go through the same
form.
The party in Massachusetts will hole
its annual convention in Worcester this
year. The date has been fixed fol
Sept. 81, and Horticultural hall will be
engaged if possible. The state law
! necessitates change in the methods
pursued by the party in the past, so fal
as nominating a state ticket is con.
cerned.
| The law provides that when a politi.
cal party has cast three per cent of the
total vote of the state for governor
! the nomination shall be in regular con.
vention and according to the provisions
of the election laws. The former method
followed by the socialists was by nomi-
nation papers for the state at large.
| 1t is expected that between 200 an6
| 300 delegates will attend the conven.
| ton, coming from all sections of the
state. In addition to nomination of q
state ticket, the convention will make
arrangements for selection of a state
| central committee.