The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
Democratic Party Leaders Are in
Line and Will Work to Get Out
the Full Vote for Mayor 0'Con-
nell Tuesday
COMMITTEE OF rs TO WORK
WITH CITY COMMITTEE
Campaign Funds Distributed and
Men Chosen to Work in Each
Ward-CharIes H. Writer and
M. J. P. McCafferty Among the
Number

The Democratic City Committee met
last night at the office of Chairman
James F. Ryan in the State Mutual
building and completed all arrange
ments for getting out the vote Tues
day. The committee has been holding
off from active work on account of the
lack of funds but plenty of money was
given the committee last night from
the O'Connell campaign committee of
rs and all the details We're attended to
as the meeting is the last before cleo
ton day
| Mayor Philip j. O'Connell attended
! the meeting and outlined plans of com
paisn as it looks to him, and as a result
| of his presence it can be said the feud
is over and the Ratchet is buried. All
the old party leaders are in line and the
4 task of getting out the vote was put in
charge of the following members of the
city committee: Ward one, Charles H.
Writer; Ward two, NJ. J. p McCaffer-
ty; Ward three, Emil Zaeder; Ward
four, Nicholas j. Skerrett; Ward five,
Charles A. Orstrom; Ward six, Michael
p. McCabe; Ward seven, Henry NJ.
Shaughnessey; Ward eight, James c.
Luby.
The publication of this list of names
refutes some of the stories that have
| been published about the attitude Of
| certain members of the committee
toward Mayor O'Connell. All promised
their fullest support, and said they will
be up on the firing line
Plans will be made for securing
hacks. and big supply of car tickets
will be secured from the Worcester
Consolidated Street Railway Company
| today.
The O'Connell campaign committee o.
% had meeting at the campaign
! headquarters in the Chase buildine
Yesterday afternoon and voted to worl
| with the city committee in getting ou
the vote Plans for doing this were
discussed and reported to the city com
mittee at its meeting last night.
The Democratic voters of Ward!
seven and eight had a meeting las
night at the campaign headquarter
which were filled to overlooking. DR.
James ]. Rafferty, presided and Mat
thew G. Fitzpatrick was secretary
Mayor Philip j. O'Connell made a brie
speech and his remarks were enthusi
astically received
The Hebrew voters of the city are t.
| have rally in the interest of Mayo
O'Connell tonight in A 0. H. Hall OF
! Trumbull Street. The call for tn
meeting is signed by ADavid B. Isen
berg, Morris b. Silverman. Louis M
! Friedman, M. l. Cohen, p Markowich
B. Isenberg, B. Cohen, M Goldman, ]
D. Queen, M. Friedson, A. Hermon an
j. S. Goldberg. The speakers will b
Mayor O'Connell, Alderman Edward j
Mcmahon, Alderman Wilhelm G. Lich
tenfels, John B. Ratigan, Michael L
| Russell, Dell d. Morgan, Louis M
| Friedman, John H. Meagher. Repre-
sentative Peter F. Sullivan, David b
| Isenberg and Morris B. Silverman.
The colored Democratic voters of tn,
city are to have their last rally O
the campaign in the club rooms of tn,
Roger Wolcott Club, Sunday night.
The Gazette in it's attempt to suuar,
itself for the story it printed abou
Mayors Clerk Charles H. BenchleS
Wednesday afternoon, published
statement yesterday afternoon, signed
by James f. Ryan, Charles H Writer
and Frank P. Ryan, saying in sub.
stance that the Gazette was right il
its story that John H. Kenney, who
was mentioned as the man who was
to fill Mr.. Benchley's place, said il
reply to request from the Gazette
reporter for statement: II must de
cline to make any statement in con.
/ 'iSNhAOIt WIN LlllS lHdlleT uIlli i nave
| seen Mayor O'Connell." That is the
only sentence the Gazette prints from
| all that Mr.. Kenney said, and Mr.
| Kenney still declares that the state.
ment he gave to The Spy for publica-
! ton yesterday morning contained the
| true story. He looked upon the matter
( as a joke and did not dream the Ga
! zette reporter was to treat the matter
! seriously.
! The Gazette would give the idea that
! the signed statement it published yes
/ terday came voluntarily from the sign
ers. AS a matter of fact, the statement
| was typewriter and brought to the
! signers, who were asked for their sig
natures. Mr.. Ryan signed it because
| it contained a statement of facts as he
knew them. He did not come into his
office until long after the men therd
| had been jollying Mr. Kenney and he
| told a reporter for The Spy he has nc
| idea how much hot air was shot off be-
| fore he entered his office. He says he
/ did hear Mr. Kenney make the remark
( referred to. but that he has no personal
! knowledge of what happened before
| that Mr. Writer told the reporter for
| The Spy he signed the statement be-
| cause it was signed by Mr.. Ryan. and
1 because he was asked to do so.