The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-18

We're elected, getting four votes and
the De Leonite candidates one
The kangaroos scored an uncontested
victory in ward 4. There We're about
a dozen kangaroos and five skunks. The
latter left when the caucus organized
The caucus should have been called to
order by Charles Kesseli. who is cred
tied win being a De Leonite. He did
not show up The kangaroos were
afraid it would not be legal for any
body else to call the caucus, but finally
Mitchell King did so, and he was chos-
en- chairman. Harry Bell of the De
Leonite faction was nominated. He said
1t would be against the blue laws to
serve. The De Leoaites discouraged all
attempts at organization, and when the
chairman was elected they tried to ad
journ the caucus. The kangaroos elect
ed their tickets unanimously
AN ELUSIVE QUORUM.
The De Leonites and the kangaroos in
ward did not hold a caucus, for the
obviously potent. reason that there
weren't enough good socialists in the
ward room to transact business. The
original attendance was carefully count
ed by The Spy man, and five voters was
the best that could be rallied.
John T. Youngjohns of the De Leonite
faction unanimously elected himself
warden, and called the caucus to order.
Nominations for chairman were called
for, but 1t developed that every one of
the vast" assembly was a candidate
for an elective Office and therefore not
competent to serve as caucus chair
man.
Something had to be done, and that
quickly, or the great socialist-labor
party in ward would go to smash. A
committee of the whole was appointed
to visit the highways byways and
hedges, and compel unsuspecting and
guileless socialists to come and be
chairman, secretary, checkers, and a
few other things, in order to save the
cause of the proletariat.
The search resulted in the augmenta-
ton of the body to just dozen. Things
looked better until nominations were
asked for chairman. Horrors. Every
one of the twelve good men and true,
was a candidate. The caucus was in
a quandary. Just at this point Joseph
Reynolds wandered into the ward room.
A mighty shout rent the air. The eau
Gus was saved at last, and the party
honor would not suffer Mr.. Reynolds
was promptly elected chairman by
unanimous vote of the body. The
chairman being elected, a secretary, of
course. was next in order. This had
not been thought of, neither had the
question of checkers been considered.
This was another dilemma, which was
finally dispelled by a timid gentleman
in the northeast corner Of the hail. who
arose and made a motion to adjourn,
While the echo of his voice was re-
sounding through the hall, another dar-
ing socialist arose and seconded the
motion, which was carried by a score
Of IL to 0. The caucus adj
journed without doing any business,
and declared itself fizzle
Only three of the faithful took inter-
est enough in the issues at stake to at
tend the caucus in ward 6. Owing to
the fact that each one of the three was
himself candidate for one office or
another on the ticket, no one could be
chosen to hold the offices necessary to
legally conduct the caucus. Promptly
at the hour set for the caucuses, Eu-
gene r. Marcy, Ernest German and
John T. Hargraves made their appear
ance at the Freeland street school
house, and for two hours these three,
together with the janitor and two news
paper men, discussed the issues under
lying socialism and the betterment Of
the wage earning class. 1t was an in
teresting discussion and exposition Of
the tenets of the faith. Each faction
Of the party had a ticket in the field.
At 10 o'clock the vigil was broken,
lights We're turned out, and the faithful
took up the retreat from the firing line.
When the ballots were counted in
the ward caucus, 1t was found that
eight members Of the several different
factions Of the s. L. p had voted for
the candidates Of their choice, and that