The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01

filing petitions for extensions of their
corporate powers. Two or three Berk-
! shire towns are petitioning for water
supplies. There is no Cape Cod canal
petition in as yet, though it is pretty
! generally understood that there will be
t a canal fight on, else why should Will
| liam A. Nye have defeated Senator
| Luscombe.
Meanwhile, Storti has been respited
again while the governor and council
| wait the decision of the United States
Supreme Court as to the constitutional
| questions raised by his counsel
| 1t Is generally conceded that all these
attempts only mean delay, and that
/ the sentence pronounced against the
unfortunate italian, as also that
against the Springfield murderer whose
life has been spared to await the de-
cision as to Storti will finally be ex-
ecuted. Meanwhile, good Mrs. Spooner
the advocate Of the abolition Of the
death penalty, is busily working to
create stronger sentiment in favor of
| the legislation she will again ask next
spring, though she realizes that the
crime at Buffalo is a setback for the
reform
If money in any great amount was
spent in the recent state election 1t be-
gins to be apparent that it was to Sc
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The returns under the election expens-
es act have not been filed from Boston.
Lowell, Lawrence, Worcester and Fall
River, but those that have come in in
dictate that very little was wasted
elsewhere. The average town com
mittee reports that it raised and
expended less than $40, and this is
true of Republican and Democratic
committees alike. Very few towns or
cities follow the example of Fall River,
which assesses each man whose name
is on the caucus ballot $25 This is an
easy way to secure campaign funds.
but refined to its real basis is unfair.
and probably unlawful. If it is not it
Ishould be made so without delay. While
multiplicity of candidates is not to
be desired. the rules adopted under the
caucus act should never be such as to
debar any man who might otherwise
be candidate for public office from
running through rule levying tribute
in this way.
Speaker Meyers is having a halcyon
time of it with applicants for commit
tee positions In the next Legislature.
Practically every day is given up to re-
ceiving callers who discuss this all-im-
portant subject. However, very little
information assumes definite shape as
early os this. The speaker has books
in which he puts the list of committee
places. showing vacancies. Then he
keeps another list which contains the
name OF every member with the places
he would be willing to take. From the
latter list he selects one of the impor-
tant committee places and then gives
as many men as he can a secondary
position.
If Mayor Hart is defeated at the COM
ing election in this city, good many
men will lay his defeat to the fact that
he hesitated too long before permitting
superintendent Wheeler to resign. The
latter ran up against very stiff prop
osition when he attempted to evade the
Massachusetts civil service laws, for in
Boston particularly these are carefully
enforced, one capable man being busy
most Of the time studying the pay rolls,
to see what becomes of the appointees
who are certified by the board.
The Charles River dam, which was a
source Of trouble for the last General
Court, wifi soon be at the front again,
the special board appointed by the
governor to investigate and report be-
Ing ready to begin it's sittings at the
State House. MANN.
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