The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-20
Democratic Candidate For State
Senator in Second Worcester
District Well Received at HoI-
den
TELLS OF FATE THAT
AWAITS THE TOWN
Attacks Metropolitan Water
Board and Points Out That
Worcester Has Always Been
Indifferent to the Cause of the
Towns in the District

special TO The spy:
! Holden, Oct. 19.-The Democrats OF
Holden held rally in Memorial Hall
this evening, in the interest of David 1
| Walsh of Clinton, candidate for senator
In the Second Worcester District. The
attendance was large and considerable
enthusiasm was manifested.
Representative Edward Logan of Bos-
ton, presided and, in opening the meet
ing, dwelt on the attitude of Walsh to-
ward laboring men and farmers and
cited cases in which the Clinton man
had been the friend of the laboring 1Ntn
in contrast to- the attitude of his OPP
ponent, whom he characterized as cor
poration man.
Representative John Mansfield OF
Boston, also told how much, when rep
resentative to the General Court Walsh
had done for the laboring men. He
spoke of the gross injustice perpetrat-
ed by the Metropolitan Water Board
against the towns and villages of~Wor-
cester County and of the wonderful help
these same towns had received from
Representative Walsh.
Mr.. Walsh was then introduced and
spoke at length of the right of Holden in
the Metropolitan Water District. u
come here as a Democrat" the speaker
said, mot begging votes except to at
tain my ambition to get justice for the
county towns.
There are eight towns in the coun-
ty in voting strength as strong as the
Worcester city wards in this district,
yet they are left every time when ii
comes to nominating candidates for
state senator. The county towns have
now a candidate, but the good county
Republicans will say, HE is a Democrat
and 1 am a Republican" and will vote
for the Republican. Yet the party line
is not so strong after all and a Repub-
lican won't have to stretch his con-
science very much to put cross after
the name of David I. Walsh"
The speaker then referred to the fate
of West Boylston, swept off the map;
of Boylston, its only industry destroyed;
of Clinton, its industry ruined and the
town thrown into the shadow of great
/ lake. THE Nashua River" he said,
could and should be used by the town.
Instead down below is a mud hole that
blocks the water, turns its channel and
sends it to Boston.
1.-The blow will eventually strike Hol-
den. Already manufacturers have been
notified to remove their drains. Then
will come word to do away with the
factories that have made the town
Then where are you?
THE towns have no sympathy from
Worcester. All my bills in behalf of the
towns have died in the Senate as the
senators from Worcester have not un-
derstood the question or have been in
! different to the cause. All my bills fol
| damages have been opposed and char
acterized as 1.-THE Clinton Steal"
Must we allow the water God gave
us to be turned into Boston and die
ourselves and say nothing? I only ask
you, Democrats and Republicans, to
consider these questions and send some
one to Boston as your senator who can
plead your cause as it should be plead
ed. Influence and eloquence are neces-
sary. 1t behooves this district to send
a man to represent 1t who can speak in
such a manner for it on the question
which is to be decided, January l. Wor-
cester is Indifferent to the cause of the
towns and you will lose unless you send
a county man to the Senate"