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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1899
Page
7
A dense roll of names shows district by district results with Republicans prevailing in most House seats and Democrats and independents totaling 166 Republicans 70 Democrats and 2 Social Democrats elected to the State Representatives. Senators elected tally 31 Republicans to unspecified Democrats.
Senator Parsons loses to Lodge faction in a tight district contest. Hazelton leads with 608 majority once the last town reports. Parsons carried his own town by over 500 votes, mainly due to small hill towns. He may run for Congress next election amid GOP turmoil.
In Haverhill the Republicans surged to defeat Social Democrats who had run municipal affairs. Only James F. Carey survived in Essex County as 6207 votes were cast. Reported clashes left the town aglow with unrest as Republicans and Democrats consider a joint push for next month’s municipal contest.
Crane city voters gave Hanson a plurality of 1068 as Republicans gain one representative. Ex Representative Hanson defeated Gardner Pearson for Senator in the seventh district by about 900. Herbert Howe, Republican candidate for councillor, saw losses while Fletcher the Democrat carried the city by nearly 1000 amid Marlboro labor double effects.
Pittsfield reports a large Republican majority with Crane leading. Senator Tolman spoke at headquarters along with Representatives Turtle and Bartlett as celebrations followed Tolman’s 274 vote plurality over Chase.
In Salem the election featured the defeat of two Republican Representative candidates. Benjamin A. Tourot fell to Thomas L. Davis by seven votes in the sixteenth district, while Michael Kelly defeated Joshua L. Bowen by a wide margin in the eighteenth district. Next year Salem will have only J. Frank Dalton remaining among Republicans in the lower House.
Republicans gain legislators and state officers amid a quiet campaign in Massachusetts. Governor Crane leads in Dalton with broad statewide support while Democrats secure key seats, including Franklin Hampshire and Hamden districts. Local contests and strong party splits mark the day as weather aids turnout.
The article notes Speaker Bates challenging for Lieutenant Governor and ex Senator Isaac P supporting the state committee amid ward splits. Innes narrows his margin this year by 72 votes after 4143 to 2870 last year. Frank P Bennett wins a Lynn contest by 500. Democrats gain ten Senate seats and about seventy House members. Bates shows strong mass appeal over Crane.
At about 9 o'clock Governor Wolcott and his son voted the Republican ticket while Major Quincy cast his vote around 10. Precinct officers found the day dull with many reading novels or newspapers as the polling proceeded.
General P A Collins arrived at 8 45 AM to cast his ninety eighth ballot in Precinct 7 Ward 3. He walked from his Aberdeen district home, refused a car ride to keep his custom, paused for a brief chat with Thomas J Young, then left the old courthouse. John H Lee joined the same precinct shortly after and left for the city proper by trolley.
Voters packed the ballot box in West Boston as Donovan and Hickey led the Democratic ticket against independent Douglass in a heated Ward 2 contest. The election yielded about 3200 ballots with Douglass active among supporters driving supporters to ballots.
The Social Democrats of Boston gathered at 724 Washington Street to hear results. They welcomed news that candidate Rev F C MacCartney of Rockland and Ames Carey of Haverhill had been elected to the Legislature.
Rockland Nov 7 Rev Frederick O. MacCartney of Rockland the Socialist Democrat was elected to the House of Representatives. He carried the district by a plurality of 102 in a great surprise result.
The Republican nominee Harved trailed Democratic candidate Bonney in a close local race. MacCartney, former Unitarian pastor, resigned his post after a brief tenure and supported socialist issues, yet voters favored Bonney by a 202 plurality in a town where MacCartney was widely known.
In Somerville the Republican ticket won with Tarbox defeating incumbent representative Luce by 348 votes. Governor and Senator races show Paine, Dearborn, Huntress leading, with Connolly, Ball, Fitts and Luce among district results in the Middlesex contests.
In New Bedford on November 7 the Republicans show a small rise in strength. Crane carried the city by a 1901 plurality. Attorney General Knowlton's results were softened by organized labor opposition over his stance on mill firemen license cases.
In Lynn on November 7 the Republican vote dominated as Cra 4344 votes to 2006 for Paine with 7 ballots cast. Essex Representative district saw no Democratic opposition. Only contest was the fourteenth Representative where Frank P. Bennett of Saugus faced defeat by about 500 votes despite a late challenge.
In the first Middlesex senatorial district the state election results show Albert H. Ray of Ashland winning as the Democratic candidate. The district, previously a Republican stronghold, yielded Ray a 614 vote majority over ex-Representative Henry E. Bullard of Holliston, whose strongest showing was Newton with a 700 vote edge.
The report highlights a disputed topic within the Wakefesé Republican circle focusing on a controversial hat metaphor. Delegates debate usage and public reception amid party discourse.
Lawrence voters chose Guy W. Currier over Charles F. Sargent by a 1367 plurality in a peaceful statewide election. Democrats gained three Representatives while Republicans secured two. Crane for Governor led the ticket as an eratic candidate in a low turnout.
Medford results give Nicholas B. Keyon Democrat a seat in the ninth Middlesex district and Samuel W. Twombly Republican wins the twelfth Middlesex. The close vote margin and weak canvass by Thomas S. Spurr are noted as factors in the narrow outcome.
In Fall River on November 7 the vote was light until late when a contest emerged among senatorial candidates. In the Ninth district Topewell Mills, the Tenth district Donahue Jones, and the Eleventh district Gibney Thurston Weeks were elected Representatives. Crane won the governorship by about 1200 votes and the city charter measure was overwhelmingly defeated. Moran won the Second Bristol Senate district with 42,823 to 38,884, Moran’s majority 3, not counting Dighton which would not change the result.
Quincy reports W Murray Crane the Republican winner with 1628 votes to 948 for Robert Treat Paine. The Social Democratic party in its first year drew heavy votes, affecting the three cornered race as Socialists pulled strength mainly from Republicans, with Democrats slightly impacted in their strongholds.
Everett voters delivered a quiet election as the Republican city committee urged turnout. H Houstis Newton and Edward C Mead, both Republicans, win seats in the tenth Middlesex district with Newton starting a third term and Mead a second. George B Smith is re-elected to the Massachusetts Senate for a fourth term.
William R. Black, Republican, wins Taunton and the county by large margins. He carries Taunton and Fall River and 15 of 17 towns, leading by a 1216 plurality in Taunton and by over 3000 countywide.
Cambridge voters delivered a quiet election with a total turnout of 8763, far below last year. Crane won by 664, Bates by 8 percent, while Ward 2 produced the lone lively contest saving the city from a dull result. Representatives William R. Davis and J A Montgomery were elected.
John B. Smith of the Boston Herald will be private secretary to W. Murray Crane after his swearing in as Governor of the Commonwealth. Born in Abington about 40 years ago, he came to Boston in 1883 and rose through Globe Post and Herald. He has long advised politicians across parties and now accompanies Crane to the State House from his Dorchester home.
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