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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
10
A list of delegates elected in representative districts across Massachusetts including Barnstable Essex Bristol and beyond. The long roster names districts and unpledged delegates, with many I R marks and unpl annotations. The compilation reflects the state party delegation distribution and district by district picks.
Matthew Hale led the ticket in Everett with nine pledged delegates-at-large among favored candidates. Cummings backed the initiative and referendum and claimed to be unpledged, yet also emerged victorious.
In Somerville the at large race tilts close with eight of sixteen candidates pledged to initiative and referendum. Seven remain unpledged and Cummings, favored by both sides, was among those chosen by the city.
Gay Head May 1 Former Governor Foss narrowly missed leading the ticket with 10 votes as former Governor Bates led with 12 votes. Prohibition armaments around Foss are believed to have drawn strong support today.
The unpledged delegation drew strong support in Brookline and won the slate, except for Wilmot R. Evans Jr. Sherman L. Whipple of the initiative group, who resides in the town, secured a place.
Vote tallies show numerous unpledged and In and Ref candidates in Boston. Numbers appear for Adams Anderson Apsey Barton Bates Brooks Bate Choate Clifford Coleman Coolidge Cummings Curtis Donovan Dunbar Elder Evans Foss Hale Hill Jennings Lowell Matthews Moriarty Pelletier Quincy Storey Strecker Walker Walsh Whipple Wrenn and others. The note mentions winners in Boston and two camps favoring or opposing initiative and referendum with Cummings cited by both sides.
May 1 Worcester reports Parker and Lowe leading after tabulated votes at 1 a.m. A tight contest remains for fourth place among Cummings Blake and Le Boeuf. Southbridge is the only town heard from.
Tufts College faculty send a wartime petition to the President and lawmakers urging prohibition to preserve the national grain supply. The letter is addressed to President, Senator Lodge, Senator Weeks, and Representative Fuller.
Conservatives probably control the convention but results show a split between delegates at large backing initiative and referendum and district winners. Boston's 14 of 16 delegates at large supported the reform, while ex Gov Foss and adjacents faced defeats. labor backed Wrenn Jennings Moriarty Donovan, with notable results in districts and wards.
In the 28th Middlesex Representative District covering Lexington and Belmont, Democrat Robert P. Clapp of Lexington defeated Republican Judge Arthur P. Stone of Belmont by 85 votes. Clapp totaled 778 with 598 in Lexington and 180 in Belmont. Stone had 693 with 611 in Belmont and 82 in Lexington.
Former Fall River mayor John W. Cummings received strong support across wards, tallying 4643 votes. Charles Francis Adams trailed with 289 votes for delegate-at-large.
Conservatives hold a 320 delegate majority as initiative and referendum slate elect 10 of 16 at large. Cummings leads the slate with Walsh second Adams third Pelletier fourth. Boston names 14 of 16 initiative delegates-at-large Foss leads but prohibition defeated. Kelcher elected in the 11th district despite opposition. George Fred Williams defeated in Boston. Walsh 38041 votes Pelletier 36729. Bowen leads ticket in the 10th district with Gallagher Creed OConnell. Matthew Cummings defeated in the 12th. Stoneman wins in the 16th. President Lowell of Harvard defeated. Lomasney fails to carry slate in the 10th.
Benjamin B. Piper and Eugene P. Whittier were elected to the constitutional convention from Winthrop with Whittier 462 votes and Piper 39. In the Ninth Congressional District race Arthur B. Curtis led with 649 votes, Charles Bruce 530, Elbridge G. Davis 6, and others. Winthrop used voting machines for the first time, and the total vote was counted and tabulated before 9 o'clock.
New Bedford reports a fifty fifty split in the vote with eight of sixteen delegate candidates tied to the unpledged faction. John W. Cummings appears as a victor favored by both pledged and unpledged camps.
Nantucket voters favor former Governor Foss among 16 delegates at large to the convention. His pro prohibition stance is believed to have helped him gain a high position on the list today.
In the 29th Middlesex district George H. Dale of Watertown unpledged and James H. Vahey of Watertown pledged to the initiative and referendum each received the same tally, a recount will be requested.
Lowell voters chose 11 of 16 delegates-at-large in the I and R race. John W. Cummings topped the list with 4287 votes, while former Governor Walsh followed with 3932 votes.
In Holyoke on May 1 thirteen delegates at large pledged to the initiative and referendum and John W. Cummings, favored by both factions, won. Adams and Brooks, unpledged, completed the local ticket favored here.
Former Governor Walsh headed Chelsea ticket with 1722 votes while District Attorney Pelletier placed second at 1561. Twelve of the initiative and referendum group and John W. Cummings won in the city along with Adams Bates and Curtis as unpledged candidates.
A Boston Socialist party gathering at People's Temple warned of an uprising if food prices rise further. The meeting followed a Common assembly and a street parade with hundreds carrying red flags. Speakers accused J. P. Morgan of exploiting workers and blamed the American Kaiser of Wall Street for current woes.
Former Governor Walsh led all candidates in Nahant the home town of Senator Lodge with 131 votes while President Lowell captured 76 votes in the town.
John W. Cummings was endorsed by both factions and won in Waltham as delegates at large pledged to the initiative and referendum. The race highlighted the ballot measure support among local voters in the city.
Thirteen unpledged candidates for delegates-at-large and John W. Cummings, supported by both the unpledged and the initiative and referendum factions, won in Newton. The pledged Newton slate included Walker and Whipple.
Boston voters select delegates in the Eleventh District with candidates listed as Bangs Borofsky Horgan Kelcher Lane Russell Wheelwright Williams. Election tallies show varied support across unnamed precincts with several figures noted such as 6,672 8,283 7,064 8,529 9,218 7,688 and 10,191 alongside smaller counts. The results reflect a mixed outcome for the slate of delegates.
Readable list shows delegates elected by district with party affiliations or unpledged status. Districts include First through Sixteenth with names such as Avery Cassidy Hibbard Malone in the first, Adams Bosworth Churchill Feiker in the second, and others like Brennan Donovan Maguire in the fifth.
A story by Booth Tark ee appears in the next Sunday Post titled The Farewell Party. The piece reflects Tark ee's characteristic voice while presenting a narrative tied to departure and memory.
Professor Richard Norton son of the late Charles Eliot Norton was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government. He is the first American honored for war services and helped organize the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Norton is a Harvard graduate.
In Medford eight of the pledged initiative and referendum delegates were victorious. Cummings, favored by both sides, ranked among the first sixteen in the results.
In Dorchester, April 80, Thomas H. son of the late James and Cecilia Shea formerly of West Boston. Funeral from the residence of his sister Mrs. J O'Neill 69 Hamilton St. Thursday May 3 at 8 15. High mass at St Peter's Church. Relatives and friends invited. Automobile cortege.
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