The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-05
Two Rallies in the Interest Of
John G. Hagberg Addressed by
Leading Republicans Of the
Ward and City
THE CANDIDATE PRESENT
AT BOTH MEETINGS
Said He Had Tried to Do His Duty
and Pointed to His Record to
Show His Position on LegisIa-
ton Affecting the Laboring
Class

The last guns in the Republican cam
paign in Ward five were fired last night
at rallies for Representative John G.
Hagberg in the ward room on Lamar
tine Street and in st, Famille Hall,
corner of Green and Bradley Streets.
Nearly 100 voters of the ward turned
out to listen to the speeches and show
by their presence they are interested in
Mr.. Hagberg's success.
Councilman William ]. Bragg presid
ed at the meeting in the Lamartine
Street hall, and the speakers were
Representative Hagberg, Frank B.
Hall. Frank Roe Batchelder and Fred
erick Clee, president Of the Common
Council.
In opening the meeting, Mr. Bragg
urged the voters of the ward to turn
out and mark their ballots for Mr.
Hagberg, because he has had consid-
cradle experience in the State House
and can be of more use to Worcester
than an untried man.
Representative Hagberg appealed for
the suffrages Of his fellows in the ward
and pointed out his record to show
he deserves them. He said he has
tried to do his duty by the people and
| has voted on all questions in the inter-
ests of the people. His opponents are
| claiming he has not the union label on
| done by union printer who has given
his employees nlne-hour day with 10
| hours pay 1t is not necessary to put
| a label on him to show he is with the
laboring men. His record at the State
House shows where he stands on labor
| questions.
| Among some of the labor measures
! he is responsible for is the vestibule
| car bill for the employees of the Wor-
| Doi
| Company. The original vestibule car
bill did not give the employees of the
| Worcester company the protection of
vestibules and he had the bill amend
| ed so Worcester is included. He
claimed his position on labor measures
! is well known while his opponents po-
sition is not known, as he has never
( been put to the test. He also cited his
! bill to reduce the interest on overdue
/ taxes from to per cent to show that
he has been careful of the interests of
the small taxpayers, who sometimes
/ have trouble to get money to pay their
| taxes on time.
Frank B. Hall discussed the issues
made by Josiah Quincy, the Democratic
! candidate for governor, against his al
legged government by commissions, and
said the Republican party, through
Governor Crane, has already taken the
! llllldllNS, ana the IGIDOCTdlS are
year late. He called on the voters tt
return the soldier candidate. Mr. Hag-
berg, because he has given faithful SER
| vice to his constituents, and will be a
| valuable man to look after the city's
interests in the Legislature. He depre-
Gated the custom of the Worcester Re-
| publicans to give their representatives
to the Legislature only two years IN
the General Court, claiming they should
Ida.N H.
! familiarity with the methods pursued
at Boston makes a man of great influ-
| ence, as may be seen in the cases of
James II. Mellen and Eugene NJ MORT
| arty who, although of the minority
! party, on many measures were able to
! swing more influence than the entire
Republican delegation from Worcester.
I Frank Roe Batchelder talked of ma
tional issues for a few minutes, and
said the Republican party on the whole
is a first-class party to be connected
with, because it has given the people
of the country good government. There
should be no hesitation about voting
for its candidates and when it presents
such a good candidate as Mr. Hagberg,
he should get every vote. Mr.. Hagberg
as a Republican, will have more inhu-
ence in a Republican Legislature than
a Democrat, and for this reason. If for
no other, he should be returned. Mr.
Batchelder also put in good word for
the rest Of the Republican ticket, tell
ing his hearers to vote it from top to
bottom.
Frederick Clee president Of the Com
mon Council, who was defeated for the
nomination by Mr.. Hagberg, said few
words to show there is no feeling on
his part, and he urged all to get out
and vote early for Mr. Hagberg.
hold on
Lamartine Street, another meeting of
the French Republican voters of the
ward. was being held at st. Famille
Hall. L. H. Lamothe presided, and
speeches were made by Alfred Roy, ].
B. Belanger. John F. Jandron, Repre-
sentative Hagberg and Frank B. Hall.
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