The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
Republicans of the Second Wor-
Cester Senatorial District Are
Satisfied County Towns viii
Support the Nominee
CLINTON DEMOCRATS
CLAIM EXTRAVAGANT
The Number of Dispensed Re-
pubIicanS is Not Expected to
Wipe Out the Nominal Party
Lead in the DiStriCt-Support
is Assured Hagberg

The Republicans of Worcester Coun-
ty are watching developments in the
second district contest with lively in
terest
! The prediction of friends of David L.
Walsh of Clinton, who aspireS to the
Democratic nomination, is that he will
give John P. Munroe a close run for the
election. This venture, however, strikes
the friends of Mr., Munroe as little short
| of absurd The fact that Mr. Walsh
has succeeded in gaining the support of
"a nominally Republican representative
district furnishes foundation for specu-
! lation on the part of those inclined to
( be skeptical.
The fact that the Republican ma
jority during the past three years has
been all the way from 1900 to 250O,
should leave no room for doubt: but in
the event of the nomination of Mr..
Walsh, it is said his friends in the
town will make the effort of their lives
to elect him. The Munroe men ex-
press little anticipation as to the event
ual outcome. They are unable to find
disaffection in the city wards, and from
reports, a majority of the county towns
will get into line and vote for the Re-
publican candidate.
I The only other contest of interest
locally is that for representative in
! Ward five. Whatever feeling was en-
> gendered during the ante-caucus fight
is said to have been pretty thoroughly
eradicated. John G. Hagberg, the
Republican nominee, is receiving as
surances every day that the Republi-
cans of the ward will support him al
most to a man.
+ The Clinton Daily Item, of which
/ Wellington E. Parkhurst is owner, in
the course of its story of the second
district convention, prints the follow
ing relative to the conduct of delegates
from the towns:
/ "Of delegates from Lancaster Thayei
| voted every time for Munroe, anG
Buttrick, who had previously seconded
/ Bates nomination, voted several con
, secutive times for Munroe.
! "On the evening preceding the con-
vention the Ward delegates with
! Bates, came out to Clinton to confer
with the Clinton delegation; they
made the proposition that the candi-
date who gained the greatest number
of votes on a stated ballot should, or
the next ballot, have the vote of bott
wings; that is, if on such ballot Bates
gained 4, and Parkhurst 8, that the l!
Parkhurst men should then vote with
| the 10 or II Bates men, for Bates
this scheme was crafty trap and from
the earnestness with which it was
urged by the Ward g. men, who saiC
they had attended conventions where
in advance, the minority was given the
right to rule, it was clearly inferred
that the schemers felt confident thai
the plan would secure Bates nomina.
ton; if the two candidates had started
even, 6 to 6, or Is to 16, the PROPOSE
ton might have been fair; but as they
started Is to 6, the proposal was
promptly rejected as the joke of the
season, and quite too preposterous fol-
! consideration as being a clear case OF
a short tail attempting to wag the dog
A statement appeared in a morning pa
per that they made another PROPOSE.
ton to the Clinton delegates, viz, thai
"a third man should be agreed upon be.
forehand;" this is a mistake; no plaI
of that sort was suggested or limited
''The conference resulted in one unan
imous agreement, viz, that neither
wing should vote for Munroe un
less the Munroe forces broke; bu
while the 16 Parkhurst men Loyalty
oeNOU W NASAl NNAClNcttC AAOAli III - ~
last, one of the Bates men vic
lated the agreement and voted fol
Munroe on more than one ballot.
i AN interesting Appendix to the con
ference has not been made public
subsequently two Clinton mel
drove over to Berlin, reaching tn,
home of the elected delegate about l.
o'clock, and there making strenuous
efforts to secure his vote, or else hi
credentials, for use-in Bates inter
est; but the delegate promptly re
jected the proDosition-as did the Boil
ton delegate, a few days before whel
he was interviewed by "A prominen
man from Lancaster, who also sough
his vote for Bates.
Worcester Republicans keep tn
1 type standing of their promise of Mex
time" to the county towns"