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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1914
Page
11
The text notes last year’s vote where Charles Sumner Bird polled 127 755 votes and suggests Republican Governor candidate Samuel W. McCall's chances rest on a decline in the Progressive vote.
Last year’s governor results show Walsh leading with 183 267 votes followed by Sumner Bird 127 765 Gardner 116 705 and Foss 20 171. Roosevelt mails urged Progressive unity to defeat McCall while McCall spoke in Winchester and Walsh campaigned in Boston. Key contests include lieutenant governor with doubtful results, secretary of state and treasurer, attorney general race tight, and a Boston city charter vote leaning No on nine-member council versus district system. Major figures include Walsh, McCall, Donahue, Pope, Cook, Mansfield, Burrill, Boynton, Attwill, Curley, Lemasney and Lomasney.
Governor David I Walsh predicts he will be elected by the largest vote ever for a Democratic candidate in Massachusetts. He credits statewide reception and demonstrations in Boston and Greater Boston, calling the night before the election incredibly enthusiastic.
The article surveys Massachusetts districts to forecast congressional races. It cites incumbents like Treadway, Gillett, Hoban, Winslow, Rogers, Gardner, Phelan, Dietrick, Collins, and Tinkham, noting opponents and party prospects, with a Democratic chance to break even in the Senate and Republicans favored to control the House.
Panama Canal traffic halted by a fresh earth slide at the bottom of Culebra. No vessels have passed since Friday, but officials expect service to resume tomorrow.
Samuel W. McCall forecasts about 200000 votes and a decisive win to return the Republican Party to Beacon Hill. He cites Progressives returning to reliable politics and promises a lasting GOP governorship in Massachusetts.
The local office of the New England Telegraph and Telephone Company announced it will not provide election returns to clubs, associations, or individual subscribers. Officials cited complexities of modern politics and difficulties in accurately collecting and distributing the figures.
More than 30 000 men and women greeted Governor Walsh in Boston last night. Red fire brass bands and enthusiastic crowds filled streets and halls as supporters hailed one of the citys greatest whirlwind finishes for a candidate.
The Governor toured Dorchester and South Boston districts from 7 pm to after 1 am, receiving rowdy ovations. Mayor Curley joined the blitz, as 1600 residents greeted him at the new municipal building and 800 Walsh Club members welcomed the Governor with red fire.
Wardens and clerks in Revere face unpaid salaries totaling 216 dollars with only 76 dollars left in the town treasury. A special town meeting failed to authorize a 140 dollar emergency fund, and incidential accounts are depleted. Officers may wait until the next town meeting to receive pay.
The Hon. Joseph Walker predicts a substantial increase in the Progressive vote tomorrow, saying the party is growing and will grow. He asserts Republicans supporting progress will join, and regardless of the result, the Progressive party will return stronger next year and the year after.
Sixty school children rode in automobiles through Manchester streets this afternoon waving flags banners and singing as part of a temperance campaign to promote the cause.
A formal opening of the second electric automobile salon in the Copley Plaza grand ballroom drew a large crowd. Exhibits featured Rauch and Lang Waverly Detroit Bailey Buffalo Babcock cars and Edison battery Philadelphia storage battery and Wagner rotary converter accessories.
L. D. Gibbs presides at the second Electric Automobile Salon in Boston, celebrating electric vehicles. He highlights continuous growth in electric pleasure and commercial cars, battery charging stations, and the Lincoln highway with charging along the route. The event runs daily 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Friday, drawing old and new friends to view and purchase.
Fred Walsh of Oakland Motor Company visits Boston and dines with L. B. Sanders of the New England branch. Lord Kitchener reportedly owns a Stearns-Knight car seen in London. Sherwood Hall Jr. secures Paige agency and opens salesrooms at 889 Boylston. Charles J. Gormley becomes advertising manager for Firestone Boston. Harry Fosdick recovers from a Maine hunt near Aroostook County after a close bear encounter with his Hupmobile.
Chairman August Herrmann returned from Chicago after a conference with Federal League magnates on peace between organized baseball and that disorder. He refused to discuss specifics but said National and American League club owners will be consulted before any steps are taken or negotiations proceed.
Word reached here that four prominent French boxers were killed in battle and another badly wounded. Georges Carpentier was taken to an emergency hospital with a bullet wound in the lung. The dead are Charles Ledoux Charles Struber Aarian Flagan and Max Stinger. Le doux had boxed in this country.
Thousands attend the Syracuse Dartmouth game at Fenway Park on November 21. Baseball fans will scan the field and pinch themselves as the baseball diamond has been removed for the football contest.
Penway Park employees under Red Sox management are digging up base lines and replacing them with soft grass sod. By week’s end the field should resemble a springy Harvard Stadium surface for the upcoming game. Syracuse-Dartmouth is touted as championship-caliber, with both sides previously losing to Princeton due to quarterback errors.
The article notes Syracuse and Harvard results versus Michigan with Maulbetsch appearing in both. Ticket sales for the Dartmouth versus Michigan game will begin 10 days before the date at Wright & Ditson's Filene's and other sporting goods stores in Boston. Referee is Thompson of Georgetown, Morice of Pennsylvania, head linesman Hadward J. O'Brien of Tufts.
Boston College gears up after beating Norwich University and plans for St Anselm in Boston next Saturday and Holy Cross the following week. Coach Mahoney backs a week of forward passing focus and warns open play is exhausting. The team drills ends under kicks and backs on punt handling ahead of a big Wednesday scrimmage versus the freshman eleven.
Yale coach Frank Hinkey rested the regulars and most of the second string while all players who faced Colgate last Saturday were on the field. Captain Talbott and Aléck Wilson were present but unlikely for Brown. Changes included Wiley moving to fullback and Tug Wilson to halfback with Roberts back from injury to halfback. Harry LeGore appeared but did not line up for signals.
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