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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
9
In Boston, James M Curley wins the mayoralty after a hard fought campaign. Progressive votes favor Curley while Kenny loses in key wards including Ward 8 and Ward 17. The Citizens Municipal League fidelity and immigrant voters influence the outcome amid calls for a clean sweep at City Hall.
Congressman Curley carried 16 of 26 wards to defeat Mr. Kenny. He won wards 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 17 18 19 22 while Kenny took wards 10 11 13 15 20 21 23 24 2 and 62. The cold vote boosted turnout and Curley faced opposition from many Democratic leaders. Mayor Fitzgerald subtly favored Kenny. Donavan lost Ward 9, a ward that four years earlier gave Storrow a large majority.
Curley defeats Kenny by 5720 votes while McDonald Woods and Coleman win City Council seats. School Board picks Dr. David Scannell and Michael Corcoran. Hagan loses council by 266 votes. City rejects licenses by 21 433 with wards 23 24 and 26 voting No. Total votes 80 804 versus 95 393 four years earlier. Senator Fitzgerald of Dorchester seeks Congress as Curley era ends. Progressive voting appears strong in suburbs. East Boston tolls workmen compensation and eight hour law measures pass.
George W. Coleman, elected to the City Council yesterday, pledged to work for the welfare of the whole people. He thanked supporters and promised full cooperation with Mayor-elect James M. Curley in pursuing shared goals.
A Mayorelect Curley received a letter from Thomas J. Kenny dated January 13, 1914 at 296 West Fifth Street So. Boston congratulating Curley on his election. Kenny pledges to cooperate in the best interests of the city as a continuing member of the city government.
The new Boston mayor appoints Edmund L Dolan as his first secretary and Standish Wilcox as his second. Dolan is 21, unmarried, a Dorchester resident, and new to politics, while Wilcox has long served Curley and worked in Boston newspapers.
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Mayor John F. Fitzgerald calls for united effort to advance Boston. He praises Mr. Curley for a splendid victory and says citizens must back his administration. He notes Mr. Kenny will serve another year on the City Council and urges collaboration for rapid city progress.
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