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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
3
In 1907 Boston voters labeled John F. Fitzgerald a trimmer for breaking promises to gain votes. A modern renewed campaign repeats the charge as Fitzgerald seeks re election. Denis McCarthy named the voter as the real trimmer, urging readers to choose between Fitzgerald and James J. Storrow.
Nicholas Spitz from 18 Howard Street faults John F. Fitzgerald for promising a bigger and better Boston yet failing to deliver ahead of another election. Spitz questions whether Fitzgerald will keep his promises if re elected.
Denis McCarthy of Charlestown won ten dollars for the best answer to who is the real trimmer. He argues the voter who votes for a politician who breaks promises is the real trimmer, and vows not to support Fitzgerald again. McCarthy, a railroad car inspector, is married with three children and a registered voter in precinct 5, Ward 5.
Readers of the Boston American respond to a November 12 1907 cartoon asking "Who Is This Trimmer" by naming Mayor John F Fitzgerald as the hand holding shears. Letters accuse him of promises broken graft double dealings and political opportunism with addresses across Dorchester Roxbury Allston and South Boston.
A local letter from South Boston attacks Mayor Fitzgerald citing broken promises and calls for action on election day to stop what the writer deems bunco style politicking. The missive mocks promises and urges voters to reject a busier Boston image.
The letter commends the American for a prize cartoon that invites voters to express views of the mayoral candidate known as the trimmer. It urges the people to trim the trimmer at the polls, praising the paper for letting public opinion speak.
A fragment notes a confrontation with the line See the point and a claim about scissors in Fitzgeralds hand. The text cites JOHN H. MEHAN of 861 Columbus Avenue as an owner or witness reference.
A letter from George W. Harrison of Roxbury and John J. Reagan of South Boston accuses Mayor Fitzgerald of broken reform promises and graft. They urge voters to rebuke the boss at the December 12 ballot by protesting the mayor’s support roles and school committee actions.
A letter from Samuel Rafflowich of 100 Kingston Street accuses John F. Fitzgerald of breaking promises and failing to fulfill his mayoral pledges. The note claims Fitzgerald has trimmed promises away, likening his actions to a political hand using shears and foresees a Waterloo at city elections.
The poem vows that the trimmer John F. Fits will resign from office as mayor of Boston town. H A Saunders of 52 Worcester Street signs the piece, claiming a failing official who betrayed voters and promised nothing, with next month’s ballots expected to end his term.
Arnold Goldberg of Roxbury accuses John F Fitzgerald of breaking a clean administration pledge and of dishonorable conduct after an election. He questions trust in Fitzgerald and claims Moran was promised relief before and after the vote, urging scrutiny of political integrity.
The statement declares the Boston voter as the trimmer using political promises as a gamble. It cites M. M. Kelley of 1140 Columbus Avenue Roxbury Crossing as the author of the remark railing against voters who support unkeepable pledges.
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