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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1905
Page
9
At a tense party convention, Eben Draper is nominated for Lieutenant Governor and Malone gains ground for attorney general as Massachusetts Republicans push for unity. Ballot breakdown shows shifting support across Middlesex Worcester and Suffolk, with Champlin and Sanderson factions wavering before Malone edges ahead on the final ballots.
Eugene N. Foss denounces Senator Lodge for attacking the tariff stance at the Massachusetts convention. He accuses Lodge of insulting Republican voters and hints the rift could affect November returns for Curtis Guild Jr. and the party’s reciprocity wing. Foss praises the platform’s move toward reciprocity and tariff revision.
Dana Malone of Greenfield won the attorney-general nomination after a sharp contest described as among the most exciting since the Bates Guild lieutenant-governor race seven years ago. General Champlin finished second, and Malone clinched on the third ballot.
Asa P. French, long-serving district attorney, expressed pride in broad support from those he served. He credited southeastern Massachusetts Republicans for representation on the State ticket and praised the convention’s courteous, friendly nomination for attorney general with no lingering scars.
The Crane Lodge machine secured a sweeping victory at a large Massachusetts Republican state convention. Eben S Draper won the lieutenant governor nomination while Dana Malone captured the attorney general post after a tense day with heated platform debates on tariff and free trade elements led by George P Lawrence.
The Massachusetts Republican platform reaffirms protection for American labor and industry while allowing tariff revision when public interest demands it. It urges Congress to consider tariff readjustment and to extend fair treatment to U S. experts and favor nations in foreign markets.
The former governor drew the crowd at the convention by nominating Asa P. French for attorney general. Malone backers feared Long’s influence might rally delegates for French, prompting a secret plan to counter him. Congress member Lawrence then stepped up, quoting scripture and delivering the name of the western candidate.
Curtis Guild Jr born Boston February 2 1860 Harvard graduate class orator married Charlotte H Johnson June 1 1892 lives 124 Marlboro Street during Spanish War lieutenant colonel inspector general under Fitzhugh Lee declined colonel commission offered by McKinley declined first assistant postmaster general campaigned West with Roosevelt 1900 elected Lieutenant Governor Massachusetts 1902 reelected 1908 and 1904 owner and editor of the Boston Commercial Bulletin active in Masonic orders clubs organizations Eben Sumner Draper born Hopedale Mass 1858 supporter of gold standard 1892 chairman Republican State Committee 1896 Massachusetts delegation chairman presidential elector 1900 president of State Republican Club chaired delegation to Nashville exposition 1897 helped raise 200000 for Bay State hospital ship in 1898 and 1899 active in business at Hopedale agent Sawyer Spindle Company director American Thread Company New England Cotton Yarn Company Queen City Cotton Company Milford Franklin Providence railroad Milford Woonsocket railroad National Shawmut Bank Milford National Bank and other ventures.
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