Fitzgeralds long public service and reform votes noted
Summary of Fitzgeralds political career from 1892 to 1901 including service in common council, massachusetts senate and u s congress. highlights include support for five cent fares eight hour day and eight to twelve hour railroad work rules plus labor safety and public utility measures. he backed initiative referendum and municipalization while opposing corporate control in rail and Bell Telephone.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Massachusetts
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Bell Telephone Grab
Boston Post
Boston's Next Mayor Promises Clean Campaign
The speaker calls for a mayor who avoids race or creed appeals and pledges lower taxes and better streets. He condemns boss rule, endorses the Good Government ideal as the People of Boston, and pledges Democratic loyalty on a platform seen as leading to a pledged victory for the People.
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Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Real
Brookline
Newton
Democratic Party
People of
People’s
Boston for Bostonians Promises Unrestricted Office Entry
The speaker pledges to enter office free of strings or pledges, promising protection for Boston residents and independence from trade or political entanglements. The statement frames a pledge of integrity and autonomous governance forBostonians.
Frothingham Accuses Opponent of Corporate Influence in Votes
Frothingham declares he would not change any entries in his published record, accusing the opponent of being owned and controlled by corporations. He lists votes on hospital care for consumptives, inheritance tax, women and minors labor hours, free textbooks, day labor on public buildings, constitutional amendments, railroad fare cuts, firemen eight hour day, gas and electric plants, food adulteration laws, railroad brakemen, two cent per mile rail rates, popular U S Senators, strike position communications, labor living wages for tunnels and subways, municipal franchise referendums.
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Common Council
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John F. Fitzgerald
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