The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-29
The Democratic Candidate for
Senator in the Second District
Addressed a Meeting of the
PaStime Club
OPPONENT ASKED TO
EXPLAIN HIS VOTES
Representative Logan Of Boston
Spoke on Mr.. Munroe's Rec
ord in the HouSe-DemoCratiC
Leaders of the City and Ward
the Other Speakers

Last nights rally in Foresters' Hall,
before the members Of the Pastime
Club, in the interest OF David I Walsh
of Clinton, was attended by $50 persons,
mostly all voters of Ward three. The
principal speaker of the evening was
Representative David l. Walsh Of Clin-
ton. The other speakers were Repre-
tative Peter F. Sullivan, Alderman Ed
ward j. Mcmahon, James f. Ryan,
chairman of the Democratic City Com
mittee, and Representative Edward l..
Logan of Boston. Representative Lo-
gan's speech touched mainly on Mr.
Munroes record as member of the
House of Representatives. Represen-
tatiVe Walsh was late in arriving at
the hall He said in part:
This large gathering of young
voters at this late hour does not show
that there is any apathy in Ward
three. On the contrary it proves that
all the voters, young and old, are alive
to the issues in the senatorial contest
in this district. My opponent may still
cry out this is a hopeless" contest,
but l would suggest that the sentiment
of this and other meetings may show
that the lack of interest and enthusi-
asm is not on this side
1T is rather amusing to notice how
my opponent has been trying to find
an issue upon which to appeal to the
voters of this district. When l sug-
gested early in the campaign that one
of the important issues was the right
of the country towns to name the
senator this year, because in all fair
ness and justice they were entitled to
1t, and further because of the very
important questions that the next Leg
islature must settle for them, he met
that issue with the assertion that that
was not the ISSUE
He then came forward with the pro-
position that he should represent the
City Of Worcester in the Senate, because
Worcester needed an appropriation
from the state to relieve the tie-up in
the grade crossing question. He argued
that a Worcester man, one familiar with
the locations of the grades, was the
best fitted to do this work. ! promptly
accepted this issue as paramount and
have shown to the voters, I believe,
that Mr.. MunrOe helped to tie up the
situation and to throw an unnecessary
burden upon the taxpayers of Worces-
ter and of the state by his attitude on
the general grade crossing bill. What
a groundless excuse to hear a represen-
tative Of a Massachusetts constituency
explain the reason for voting against
a bill of unquestionable benefit and saw
ing to his city. that he couldn't vote
for it because it was offered to the
Legislature by man who differed with
him politically"
Il again call upon Mr.. Munroe to tell
the whole truth on that grade crossing
bill, to explain why the Massachusetts
House of Representatives after voting
in favor of the bill by a substantial
majority, should two weeks later vote
against the bill unless some powerful
railroad influence was at work 1 ask
him to publicly retract his statement
that 1 was the only Worcester County
man who voted in favor of that bill
Let him ask Senator Manning how he
(Con+,r,ad on po,a O