The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-25
The Democratic Candidate For
Senator in the Second WorCes-
ter District Attacks Record Of
His Opponent
DECLARES REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE is ON THE RUN
The Latter Charged With Going
to Country Towns and Making
an Appeal to Prejudice and Big
otry-Mr. Walsh Tells of the
Records in the House

Records in the House
David l. Walsh continued his series
of campaign rallies in the Worcester
wards Of the second senatorial dis
trict last night by addressing a meet
ing of about rs voters of Ward two in
the Belmont Street schoolhouse. The
meeting was presided over by Albert
Bolin and Mr. Walsh was assisted in
entertaining the crowd by Represen-
tative Edward L. Logan Of Boston, who
told the voters how much Mr.. Walsh
has done for the people of his distSict
in the House of Representatives and
that Mr. Munroe has voted against the
interests of the people and for the In
terests of the corporations.
Mr. Walsh was Of course the prin-
cipal speaker and he devoted his time
to explaining his position on bills he
is criticised for and in bringing out the
position of Mr.. Munroe on other bills.
He was more severe than usual in his
denunciation of Mr.. Munroe's record In
the House and among other things he
said We've got him or the run. He
has forsaken the city and is chasing
over the hills of the country towns ne
loves so well now but for which he had
no love before. There Is some whisper
ing in the ears out there but the farm
ers OF this district know me and give
him warning tonight that the people
of the district want the issues presented
to them fairly, honestly and in man
fashion. An appeal TO prejudice and
bigotry is an insult to the intelligence
of the voters of this district and they
will resent it at the polls. l said at
the opening of this campaign l would
not attack Mr.. Munroe personally be-
cause l respect him personally. l re-
peat 1t tonight Notwithstanding his
whisperings In the country towns.
am not going to appeal to party pre-
judice or to any other prejudice. will
appeal to all the voters on ny record
and on his record as members Of the
Legislature
MY opponent has claimed that 1
did not look after the interests of the
ST. Jean Baptiste Society in my dis
trict as should ha e; t4ssft I wss Civ
ing all my time to what he is pleased
to call the Boston Elevated Subway"
bill / got the st. Jean Baptiste bill
through my committee on metropolitan
affairs and it was referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means in the
natural order of things. That COM
mittee held 1t up until two days before
the close of the session and then re-
ported against it. l defended the bill
alone on the floor of the House and did
something that was not done before
secured a reversal of the decision Of
the committee on ways and means and
had the bill passed by the House, but
it was killed in the Senate. So much
for that.
"As to the subway bill, I am not
afraid of that. My opponent Is pleased
to call 1t the bill Of the Boston Ele-
waited Street Railway Company. That
bill was referred to my committee two
years ago, and no agreement could be
reached on 1t, and 1t was referred
again last year. The Boston Elevated
Street Railway Company did not want
that bill because 1t meant a cost of
$3.50 900 a year on the company. The
bill provides that the company should
pay 100000 900 the minute a pick was
struck for the construction of the tun-
mel. / was elected by my committee
to represent it on the floor of the
House to explain the sections of the
bill and the reasons for giving them.
l was not the representative of any
I declined the honor of
the committee, but my |
associates insisted, and l finally con- |
sented as they had helped me to get |
legislation that benefited my |
district. 1 did not care the snap of |
my finger for a hole in the ground in |
Boston.
MIR. Munroe is so solicitous for the |
towns now; why was he not so |
solicitous of his own city of Worcester |
in the Legislature? 1 want to ask him |
why he voted to take $250,000 out Of |
the taxpayers of Worcester by voting |
against the bill to make the railroad /
pay the entire cost Of |
abolishing the grade crossings? He |
voted against that bill which would |
save Worcester s250,O00 in the great |
question that now confronts it, on two |
different occasions. l voted for 1t |
twice. Who is the better friend of |
"Mr. Munroe voted against the bill to /
exempt the soldiers Of the Spanish War
from the civil service requirements. |
giving them the preference for govern
ment positions next to the veterans of
the Civil War 1 voted for 1t. would
like to ask him why he voted against
the bill that forced street railway COM
panies to put vestibules on their cars
10 protect the motormen. There wasn't
any party issue on that question, but
NV opponent, for some reason or 9TH
sr, voted against 1t and with the street /
railway companies. voted for It,
"Then there was the bill to make
on government jobs pay the
same rate of wages paid by the cities
and towns where the work was being
done. 1 spoke and voted for that bill, /
because 1 knew what the contractors
were doing with their imported foreignl
help on the big reservoir in Clinton.
There was no party division on that
bill. It was such good thing there
we're only 80 members out of the entire |
House of 24O members who voted |
against it. My opponent was among
the 80. the only representative from
worcester, Republican or Democrat, |
who voted against 1t.
aaThere are other cases I might call
IN YOUR attention but will leave them
to later in the campaign. satisfied you
and the press of the city will treat me
honestly and explain my position as It |
IS on the matters for which 1 am being
Al the close of Mr.. Walsh's speech,
he was given three cheers.
Mr.. walsh will address the Normal
Club tonight.
The family trade f. what we are after |
and we deserve It. Your table and your /
medicine chest both need us. A-45 |