The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08
Hon. Philip J. 0'ConneII and Lead
erS in His Campaign Committee
Confident of Success at the
Polls Tuesday
BUSY SCENES AT
MAYORALTY HEADQUARTERS
The Mayor viii Rest Today But
Candidates for Alderman Will
Have a Busy Day-SeveraI
Rallies Scheduled at Various
CIubroomS Tomorrow Niqht

The last week of the Democratic
and it found the Democratic workers
in happy frame of mind. 1t was pay
day in the O'Connell campaign head
quarters and every man who has done
any work in the campaign was given
what was coming to him in the way of
money for his services up to last night.
This condition Of affairs is something
unusual in a political campaign, but
the O'Connell men have plenty OF
money and are paying their bills as
they go along
The scenes at the headquarters last
night were full Of life The room ad-
joining room "a, which has served for
headquarters during the campaign, had
to be opened to accommodate the big
crowd that fiocked in to make reports
and tell how things looked in their
sections of the city. A conservative
estimate Of the number Of men who
were at the meeting is 275. Mayor
O'Connell was in the headquarters and
the reports he received were encourag-
ing and he thanked the bearers of the
good news.
IL has been strenuous week for him
and he will devote today to absolute
rest, remaining at home all day But
tomorrow he will get out on the firing
line again, and the campaign will close
tomorrow night with a whirl Of rallies
in several parts of the city. Among
the meetings already arranged for to-
morrow night are the following: For
the French voters of the Oak Hill dis
trict, in L'Union Canadienne Hail. for
the French voters of South Worcester
in the hall of the Fulton Athletic Club
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Streets; for the voters of Ward three,
in the lower A. o. H. hall; for the vot-
ers Of Ward four, in a hall to be an
nounced later when Michael l.. Rus
sell secures it; at the rooms Of the
| Normal Social club, on East Central
Street; at the rooms of tho Grattan
Social Club, on Grafton Street, and at
the rooms of the Chester Social Club,
on Bartlett Street The mayor will be
assisted on the stump by the candi-
dates for the Board Of Aldermen and
other speakers.
! While the mayor will rest from all
| political work today, the candidates for
the Board of Aldermen will be on the
hustle for the final round and meet
ings at the Fulton Social Club, i'm
South Worcester, and the Thomas
Francis Meagher Club, on Southbridge
Street, are scheduled for this after
noon.
The final batch of circular letters to
the voters Of the city in the interest
Of Mayor O'Connell was sent out yes
terday and they win be delivered by
tomorrow morning.
The Democratic managers who have
money to bet on the election say they
have been Looking for the Fletcher
money, that Is said to be so thick. but
they cannot find IT. II was stated in
an evening paper yesterday that DR.
M. G. Overlook had $500 10 bet that
Mr.. Fletcher would be elected by 1000
and the papers had scarcely reached
the street when several men got after
the doctor but they could not place
the money. The same paper prints a
story that bet of 5000 to $40 was
made in the real estate office Of c.
Maher a. Son. with the odds on Mr.
Fletcher, but this statement Is not so.
A reporter for The Gazette was In the
office and said something about a lot
of Fletcher money that was burning
holes in It's owners pocket. The owner
wanted to bet 10 to that Mr. Fletcher
would be elected. Two young men i'm
the office put up $40 each, making a
pot of $40, and the Gazette reporter
said he would go out and get 5000 Of
the Fletcher money and be back in
five minutes He must have lost the
way or disappeared with the funds as
the young men say he has not showed
up since he left the Office and the $I4O
is still waiting to be covered One OF
the men who wanted to make the bet
did succeed last night with another
Democrat, in putting up $50 against
800
The same paper published a story
that John A. Thayer bet $500 on the
election Of Mr.. Fletcher, William BAN
Afghan taking the O'Connell end. Mr..
Banaghan wants The Spy to contradict
that story and says Mr. Thayer has
not been in his office for months and
he has not spoken 10 Mr.. Thaye~ about
betting or anything else In this cam
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