Law vote splits as loan bill is challenged
Donovan and Garbett led the opposition against the loan bill with confidence of victory. The tally shows a bloc of 26 voting against with Alexander and Upham absent or not voting.
14 Jun 1901
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
1
Donovan and Garbett led the opposition against the loan bill with confidence of victory. The tally shows a bloc of 26 voting against with Alexander and Upham absent or not voting.
Two colored children Rosie Johnson eight and Olimstead Treadwell three died in a fire at No 144 Green Street Cambridge. Neighbors say firefighters entered late and that women with a baby were seen jumping from windows. Fire discovered at 4 p.m. by Gertrude Hayes.
Chief Wade of the State police believes Mrs Blondin was murdered in Boston and her body sent to Chelmsford. He says Blondin left on the 1130 train Wednesday and is now in Canada with Detective Rhodes in Montreal. no trace of Blondin or his wife remains.
A roll call shows many lawmakers including Curley Curtis Davenport Doherty Fitzgerald Flynn Gavin Gaylord Good Grady Hannan Hart Howe Jackson Kiley Lorey MacDonald McKee Mildram Monaghan Murphy Newton Nitz OHare Roberts Scigliano Sheehan Staples Starratt Sullivan Teevans Thayer Weber Weinberg White Whiteley Wood Young voting in favor. Fifty years were requested to pass the bill and the measure failed to reach that threshold.
After three hours of discussion the monster loan bill failed by four votes on a roll call of forty six to twenty six, needing fifty to pass. Reconsideration motion won forty six to twenty five. Democratic leaders led the opposition, with James Donovan and Joseph J. Corbett directing the effort. Local Aldermen Norris Bowen Dowd OToole and others aided in the lobbying, as President Kiley and Thomasney coordinated arrangements in City Hall.
Joseph Wilfred Blondin, wanted for the murder of his wife, was located in Lowell as police and telegraph networks tracked his movements toward Canada. Authorities report he pawned a watch near the murder site while the search intensified across Boston and St. John’s to Chicago in pursuit.
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