Democrats Gain Committee Seats in House and Senate Roster
Speaker Walker expands minority power in House with five members on 11 member committees and three on eight member ones. Senate increases are limited to James H. Doyle on ways and means with Wilmot Evans as judiciary chair. Lomasney, likely minority leader, heads metropolitan affairs and rules as major city charter work looms.
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Walker
House
Nash
Plymouth
Henry E. Rothfield
Newton
Senate
Treadway
Democratic Committee
James H. Doyle
Committee On Ways and Means
Wilmot Evans
Middlesex
Henry C. Mulligan
Mulligan
Brown
Medford
John E. White
Cape
Harry Stearns
Martin M. Lomasney
Committee On
Lomasmeéey
State Finance Commission
Boston
Civil Service Commission
White
Brookline
Henebery
Clark James W. Kimball
Thomas Pedrick
City and Prison Roles Dictate Senate and House Assignments
The article lists the composition of key committees with numerous named senators and representatives from Massachusetts. It notes Joseph P. Lomasney’s limited remit to cities and prisons and enumerates many members across Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester, and other counties, detailing Senate and House selections.
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Mulligan
Middlesex
Brown
Stearns
Murray
Suffolk
Senate
Messrs
Grafton D. Cushing
Boston
William R. Thomas
Quincy
Henry E. Rothfeld
Newton
Charles L. Carr
Clarence V. Nickerson
Hull
Ray R. Rideout
Somerville
Thomas Ryan
Cambridge
Martin M. Lomasney
William L. V. Newton
Daniel L. Connolly
Joseph H. Parker, Jr
Woburn
House
City ferry deck hands seek hourly pay raise
Superintendent of Streets Rourke received a round robin petition from the city ferry deck hands requesting a pay increase. They ask for a raise from 16.11 dollars a week to 0 per month.
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Rourke
Infant killed as man falls on perambulator
In Altoona Pennsylvania on January 4 John Thurston slipped on ice and fell onto an eight month old infant in a baby carriage. The heavy man crushed the conveyance and the child died instantly.
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Altoona
Penn
John Thurston
Thurston
Philip Kearney Dumaresq Dies in Boston Home
Philip Kearney Dumaresq of an old Boston family died at his home on 58 Bay State road after a long illness. Born in Macao, China, 68 years ago he spent much of his early life in the east. He was the son of Captain Philip and Margaretta Dumaresq.
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Philip Kearney Dumaresq
Boston
Bay State Road
Mr. Dumaresq
Macao
China
East
Captain Philip and
Margaretta Dumaresq
Open Ballot Wins Fight for Walker in House
Republicans in the Massachusetts House battle over open versus secret ballots ends with Joseph Walker elected speaker after a roll call vote. Lomasney supporters alleged procedural clashes as the old rules were adopted and Walker’s camp secured a majority amid intense caucus maneuvering.
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Walker
Clerk Kimball
Harry M. Eames
Andover
House
Robert Washburn
Worcester
Iomasney
Grafton D. Cushing
Supreme Court
Lomasney
Washburn
David C. Ahearn
South Framingham
Frank H. Pope
Leominster
John F. Dwyer
Weymouth
Joseph H. Parker
Woburn
Frederick D. Bartlett
Plymouth
Thomas Davies
Holyoke
George W. W. Edson
Stowe
Edward Fisher
Westford
Thomas McCullough
Charles F. McCarthy
Marlboro
Massachusetts
Charles J. Noyes
Michael J. Reidy
Ward 14
Charles A. Dean
Wastefield
Eames
Draper
Reidy
Charles L. Underhill
Somerville
Underhill
Michael A. Henebery
Henebery
Charles Hurd
Salem
Inaugural Today Allows 1000 Invitations for Governor-Elect
Eugene N. Foss is to be inaugurated as Governor of Massachusetts today in Boston. Ex-Governors and jurists attend as Foss takes the oath before Chief Justice John A. Aiken. A 17 gun salute on Boston Common marks the moment of oath completion.
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House of Representatives
Gardner W. Pearson
Lowell
Fess
George Fess
Illinois
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
John A. Aiken
Boston Common
Coul
Gover
Re-Elect Treadway Wins Narrow Senate Vote
Allen C. Treadway of Stockbridge is re-elected presiding officer of the Senate for the third time with 24 votes to 13 for Democratic nominee John F. Malley of Springfield. Malley urged unanimity as the chamber opened with Governor Draper receiving a warm welcome. The afternoon session saw Greenwood report an amendment to consolidate committees and expand the legal affairs panel from 11 to 15.
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Senate
Allen C. Treadway
Stockbridge
John F. Malley
Springfield
Malley
Draper
Greenwood of Gardner
Committee On Rules
State House
Committee On Legal Affairs
Gallagher Sentenced to 12 Years for Assault on NY Commissioner
James J. Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor last August, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on a conviction for assault with intent to kill William H. Edwards, New York City street cleaning commissioner. The jury found him sane after testimony by alienists and Edwards testified about the onboard assault on a transatlantic liner.
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Jersey City
James J. Gallagher
Gaynor
William H. Edwards
New York
Gallagher
Edwards
Europe
Eight Lodge Foes Identified in State Legislature Canvass
A Lodge canvass of Republicans shows eight House members will not back Lodge for re election and 11 are doubtful. In the Senate only two GOP votes appear against Lodge with Arthur Nason of Haverhill and Joseph Hibard of Lowell listed as dissenters.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
House
Senate
Arthur Nason
Haverhill
Joseph Hibbard
Lowell
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Alfred W. Cushman
Provincetown
William Bellamy
Taunton
Martin Lewis Quinn
Swampscott
Francis M. Hill
Lynn
C. Augustus Norwood
Hamilton
Alton A. Upton
Orange
James W. Bean
Cambridge
Harry A. Penniman
Charles J. Wood
George Ll. Dow
Frederick P. Greenwood
Everett
Charles H. Morgan
Lawrence
John Henry Cogswell
Russell A. Wood
George H. Stevens
Dracut
Erson Barlow
George E. Marchand
Charles F. Kilpatrick
Albert H. Sylvester
Worcester
Doubtful House votes threaten Lodge reelection
Analysts calculate Lodge could win 143 votes in a 141 threshold if certain doubtful and opposed members swing his way. Several Cambridge and Lowell members are listed as doubtful or opposed, with four Democrats expected to back Lodge. Butler Ames to respond in Symphony Hall while Ames Lieutenants hedge strength.
Senator's defeat exposes stance on key reforms
The speaker argues the defeated senator has abandoned tariff reform reciprocity with Canada income tax direct primary popular vote recall initiative and referendum. The fall campaign showed he evaded these issues but now he is opposed to all of them and could not win if he faced the voters again.
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Canada
United States
Massachusetts
Senate
Free Medical Lecture Series at Harvard Medical School
Public lectures at Harvard Medical School on Longwood Avenue list topics from syphilis to anatomy of the mouth and spine. Notable speakers include Dr. Abner Post M, Dr. Otto Folin, Dr. Charles H. Williams, and Dr. Theobald Smith with sessions spanning January through April.
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Harvard Medical School
Longwood Avenue
Abner Post
Otto Folin
A. Hopkins
BE. H. Bradford
Charles Ih. Williams
Charles
Minot
Theobald Smith
E. EB. Southard
W. B. Cannon
M. H. Richardson
L. J. Henderson
Charles W. Chapin
J. G. Mumford
C. M. Green
Franklin W. White
Walter J. Dodd
Harvey P. Towle
Archbishop O Connell Speaks at Cambridge Knights Banquet
The 15th annual Cambridge Council 74 Knights of Columbus banquet drew about 550 at the Boston City Club. Archbishop William H. O Connell delivered the principal address on member duties, with Rev. Father John J. Ryan as toastmaster and other priests in attendance.
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Cambridge Council
Knights of Columbus
Boston City Club
William H. O'Connell
John J. Ryan
P. R
Mgr
Edward J. Moriarty
M. J. Dudy
M. J. McClintchy
St. Paul’s
J. Kelly
North Cambridge
P. F. Murray
St. John’s
Detroit Union Agent Dies by Suicide Over Missing Funds
Gerald B. Pierce, business agent of the Lake Seamen's Union Detroit branch, shot himself in a hotel room after leaving a note saying he lent $400 of union funds that could not be recovered and that he feared facing fellow members.
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Detroit, Mich
Gerald 8
Pierce
Detroit
the Lake Seamen's Union
Yankees to Import Brazilian Beef
Rio Janeiro January 4. A presidential proclamation authorizes a New York based American corporation to do business in Brazil. The firm has meat and cattle concessions and is expected to export Brazilian beef to the United States within six to twelve months.
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Rio Janeiro
New York
Brazil
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