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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
8
Preliminary reading shows multiple wards reporting pre results across districts with totals for votes cast, ballots, and remaining figures. Data appears fragmented with many placeholders and OCR errors, but overall totals indicate ward level tallies and grand totals for all wards combined.
An OCR fragment reports election tallies by ward for lieutenant governor district attorney charter plans and related positions. It lists numerous ward totals, preelection counts, and totals, indicating an expansive citywide vote snapshot.
Nathan Matthews, chair of Boston Finance Commission, heralds Plan 2 as giving voters a chance at honest, efficient local administration. He urges cross party business support to nominate a mayor and council slate for the upcoming January city election.
Former Governor Curtis Guild Jr. praised Republican candidates as having made a clean brave honest fight. He said he is too surprised and disappointed to say more about their efforts and performance.
In Watertown on election day Foss received more votes than Vahey in the latter’s home town. Foss’s popularity is tied to recent munificent gifts to the town. The tally shows Vahey 1125, Draper 766, Ross 1180, Frothingham 74.
Newton reports a heavy voter turnout with Governor Draper trailing last year by about 200 votes. Final tallies list Draper 3155, Frothingham 3021, Foss 1857, Vahey 1738, and the elected Representatives as George H. Ellis Henry W. Rothfeld and Thomas W. White.
In Wellesley on November 2, the Foss candidate led with a sizable gain. Draper received 389 votes, Vahey 145, Frothingham 372, and Foss 162 votes.
In Chelsea the license question gained a 268 majority after a year without licenses. Commissioner George H. Dunham won the Board of Control seat by 357 votes over Democrat Francis X. Tyrrell. License vote was Yes 1997 No 1729. Vahey led Draper by 139, up 91 votes from last year.
James B. McEwan, a Republican, defeated George C. Hisgen, the Democratic and Independent candidate, by an estimated 5000 vote plurality in Albany.
Cambridge votes surpassed 11 000 of 15 174 registered. Vahey carried Cambridge by more than 1500 votes in a strong Democratic showing, the widest since Governor Russell era. Foss defeated Frothingham by over 1400 votes while Republican Dike Spaulding defeated Democrat Alderman John P. Brennan decisively.
Election totals list votes by candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor in Cambridge. The tabulation shows figures for multiple names including Frothing, Draper, Vahey, Foss, and Ham, with district and overall totals in the hundreds to thousands.
Winthrop backed District Attorney Hill with 961 votes and Pelletier with 325. Governor race results were similar to last year. Representative Clarence A. Warren secured re election.
In Revere the vote for Governor Drake was cut considerably. Pelletier won a strong vote. Representative Samuel A. Segee defeated his Democratic opponent Charles Garbut by a large majority.
In Utica New York on November 2 the Democrats captured the mayoralty Gillmore over Wheeler by 923 votes and won 10 of 15 alderman seats along with six of 15 county supervisors.
J W Van Cleave president of the Bucks Store and Range Co says the American Federation of Labor plotted an assault in 1906 to terrorize workers, employers and the public and to coerce federal and state courts to bow to its decrees. He adds the group acted under its 2,000,000 member banner and cites defiance of court orders.
The document lists ward by ward vote tallies with candidate names Foss Frothingham Hill Moran Pelletier for wards 1 through 25 and totals across all wards. It notes district attorney totals and includes stray phrases about defy the federal court order.
Ten year old Arthur Erickson slipped from a sliding shute at Franklin Street School in Newark. He suffered a broken back and died later.
Adolphus Busch arrived from Europe and expressed willingness to donate a large sum to Harvard's Germanic Museum building project. He has already contributed $100,000 to the effort.
Hon J A Sullivan says Boston voters favor removing party ties to elect candidates and achieve honest economical city administration. Plan 2 aligns with prior charter amendments and the reform program, uniting to form a government Boston will be proud of.
George A. Crocker, member of the original Finance Commission, says Plan 2 lets Boston voters abandon national party loyalty in a municipal election and choose a mayor solely on qualifications. He expresses hope that voters will embrace the opportunity.
London rumor notes Miss Ada Clark of New York may be betrothed to Lord Lovat. The report appears in dispatches dated November 2. No official confirmation is provided.
In British Columbia two masked highwaymen stopped the Cari boo stage at the 150 mile house and stole several sacks of registered mail valued at 5000 dollars. The theft occurred on November 2 as the stage passed through Cari boo.
Inquiries in London and surrounding areas fail to locate the Rev. Henry G Vanderbeck former pastor of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church Newark New Jersey who resigned months ago to study theology abroad.
During the Hudson Fulton Celebration week in New York City estimates show over a million visitors housed nationwide toast. The St Regis Fifth Avenue and Fifty fifth Street stands out offering home like comfort with quiet seclusion amid parades and pageants. Rates range from 3 to 4 dollars a day for single rooms to 12 dollars and up for suites with private bath and parlor.
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